Xavier Martin
Position | President |
Term of Office: | 16 years |
Predecessor: | President Woodrow Martin |
Successor: | His Majesty King Alexander I |
Birthdate | 17th June 1965 |
Place of Birth: | Dowland City, Skinny87 |
Spouse | N/A |
Profession | Politician |
Political party | Neo-Conservative |
Languages spoken | English, Latin |
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Xavier Munroe Martin, second, and last known President of Skinny87. One of the most reviled political leaders in Haven as well as one of the most well-known war criminals, Martin led Skinny87 as President for nearly twenty years before, in a fit of misguided patriotism, he declared martial law and overthrew Parliament. Installing himself as President for Life, Martin caused a Civil War in the nation which the country has yet to fully recover from. He is currently in maximum security holdings at an unspecified location in Skinny87, awaiting trial for Crimes Against Humanity.
Family & Ancestral History
The Martin family tree has roots extending all the way back to the time of Questarian control of Skinny87 under the name of Jesseltown. There is a Jackson Martyn listed as Lieutenant-Governor of the northern provinces of Jesseltown in the middle stages of colonisation of the country as a colony of Questers; a naval officer turned provincial official, Martyn appears to be the start of the Martin ancestral tree. Although killed in his late fourties after leading an armed expedition against 'The Oppressive and Martial natives, being of Unsound Mind and Nature and having attacked several Convoys of unarmed Civilians', Martin appears to have sired a substantial number of children, leading to questions of infidelity and mistresses, a common occurrence in those times.
Records are still being uncovered in Questarian record departments, but there is little mention of the Martins until the early 19th Century, long after independence from Questers. There is a brief mention of one Armstrong Martin, apparent relative of Jackson Martyn, albeit with a modernised surname (Another usual occurence after the independence, as many families wished to rid themselves of any links to Questers, however vague). Armstrong was also a military officer in the 3rd Lanchester Dragoons, a military unit fighting on the northern forntiers against an unspecified enemy force. Records mention Armstrong having two sons, Montgomery and Hugh Martin; Montgomery became an administrator for New Kaylee, and Hugh a rather more mundane occupation, a chemist. From then on, the Martin family continues on for several generations, spawning hundreds of children and relatives, until Xavier Martin's mother, Maribel Martin, was born to Jeminiah & Grant Martin in 1958.
Maribel married Xavier's father, Woodrow, at the young age of 18; Xavier was born five years later to the delight of the couple,m and was the only child the pair had. Maribel was a secretary in a small but prosperous law firm, and Woodrow an influential politican, chosen by Skinny87 to be the first President of the country after the great disaster in the late 1960's.