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Andrew Cuthbert

Rank	1st President of Manhattan Prime
Term of office	17th March 2005 - Present
Predecessor:	None
Successor:	None Yet
Birthdate	14th February 1977
Place of Birth:	New Cambridge, Manhattan Prime
Profession	Politician, historian
Political party	Liberal
Languages spoken	English
Degrees	Doctorate in History Degree in International Politics and Military History

Education

1982-1993 - School (5-16).

1993–1995 - 6th Form College (16-18) – A levels in History, Computing, English Literature and Chemistry.

1995-1998 - University of Manhattan (18-21) - Degree in International Politics and Military History.

Sept 1995-June 1996 = Year 1 (18-19)

Sept 1996-June 1997 = Year 2 (19-20)

Sept 1997-June 1998 = Year 3 (20-21)

1998–2001 – University of Manhattan (21-24) – Doctorate in History.

Postgrad

Sept 1998-June 1999 = Year 1 (21-22)

Sept 1999-June 2000 = Year 2 (22-23)

Sept 2000-June 2001 = Year 3 (23-24)

Enters Politics

After becoming a Doctor of History, Cuthbert accepted a teaching position at the University of New Sydney in late 2001, to teach History and Politics.

During that year, whilst teaching as a junior lecturer, he continued research on his project and in December 2001 his first book, ‘Contempory Manhattanite military history’ was published, and became widely acclaimed as a solid introduction to military history and strategy.

The following year he continued to teach ground-breaking new modules, and published a 2nd textbook, titled ‘Manhattanite foreign policy’. In recognition of his rising reputation in his field, he becomes a senior lecturer. His interest in political activism grew too, and he became a supporter of the Liberal Party, paying the c5 membership fee.

In 2003, tired of just teaching politics, Cuthbert decided to feed his passion by having a role in it, and a chance to affect it – giving up his teaching job, he moved home to New Cambridge, and stood for local election as the Liberal candidate for Mayor of New Cambridge. Although his theoretical knowledge of politics is extensive, he was very lacking in experience, and so lost the election, coming 2nd with 32% of the vote. Gracious in victory, and impressed with the maturity and debating skill of his 26 year old opponent, the new Mayor offers Cuthbert a place on the town council, which Cuthbert gladly accepts.

The New Cambridge council, and Cuthbert himself quickly gained a reputation for efficiency, and effective liberal policies. After gaining this invaluable first hand experience of government, Cuthbert stood as Liberal Senator for New Cambridge in the 2004 elections, and is elected to the Imperial Senate, winning 59% of the vote in an overwhelming victory – helped mainly by his good reputation as a politician in the town, and the Liberal Party’s comparative stranglehold on the region, as a very ‘safe’ seat for a new Senator.

His reputation in politics continued to grow rapidly due to his outspoken and eloquent speeches in the Senate and he was nominated as the Liberal candidate for the first Manhattanite Presidential elections to be held in 2005.

Cuthbert was elected President in March 2005, with 58% of the vote, and took office on 17th March. Cuthbert presided over many changes in Manhattan Prime after the transition to the Presidential system of government, including the creation of a unique flag for Manhattan Prime (MP had previously used a variation on the American flag), the changing of the country’s motto and of the nation’s official title from ‘Imperial Colony’ to ‘Imperial Republic’. Manhattan Prime also emerged for its long period of isolation into the International arena under his leadership, and President Cuthbert was instrumental in organising the nation’s joining of TAPRES in April 2005, the Woodstock Pact in September 2005, and of ASPIRE as a Founder Member in July 2006.