James Anderson
| James Anderson | |
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| 9th President of Candelaria And Marquez | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office | |
| May 14, 2004 | |
| Vice President | Tate Sayfritz |
| Prime Minister | Joseph Frank |
| Preceded by | Israel Clark |
| Succeeded by | Incumbent |
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| Born |
19 May, 1962 Suthand, West Candelaria |
| Political party | Unionist |
| Spouse | Vanessa Ramos |
| Occupation |
Politician, Accountability Analyst |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Languages | English, German, Spanish |
James Trevor Anderson (born May 19, 1962) is the current President of Candelaria And Marquez and the leader of the essentially christian democrat Unionist Party. He became President in 2004 aged forty-two, making him his country's fourth-youngest leader in history. Binglybinglybing
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Early Life
James Anderson was born to William Anderson and Maria Kümmerling, both second-generation Candelarians brought up in Albrecht. William, an army reservist, had initially fought for McManus’ Socialists during the Civil War before defecting, together with much of his platoon, to the resistance. He suffered a severe injury to his left arm shortly before the armistice, which resulted in its amputation at the elbow. Shortly afterwards, he married the sister of his nurse; and the couple settled in the peaceful surrounding of West Candelaria.
Together his younger sister Sophie, James was brought up in the small subrural farming communities of Suthand and Dublynne. Though his father was an antiquarian book dealer, the future President developed an early appreciation for the traditional values and way of life of the family’s neighbours. Coupled with his parents’ devotion to the then-President David Clarke; this all led the young James to become a Unionist supporter at an early age, standing for school elections under that banner.
During that time, Anderson showed something of an authoritarian streak that his critics have used against him throughout his political career. His allies have in the past tried to distance him from articles written for his secondary school magazine appearing to criticise the entire concept of multi-party democracy, though Anderson himself often declined to do so, believing it to be a duty of politicians not to “shy away from mentioning the inherent flaws in our democracy”.
He was educated at small state schools in Dublynne, New Town and Brayton. He passed 11 EAGs, and two 'A' grades and one 'B' in History, Social Policy and Politics respectively. He was admitted to New Hall, one of Albrecht University’s lesser colleges where he received a first in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
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Anderson met Vanessa Ramos, a internationally-noted city planner, at a Unionist Party soirée in May 1994. The couple married in January 1996, with their twins Constantine Trevor and Rafaella Maria born in February 2000.
