Alsandair Healey

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This article refers to Alsandair Healey, a figure in Niploma

Alsandair Michael Healey
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Rank 1st and 2nd Prime Minister of Niploma (Served as head of state for fourteen years)
Predecessor: None, first elected Head of State of Niploma
Successor: Edward Fitzgerald
Birthdate June 6th 1910
Date of Death' April 3rd 1981
Place of Birth: Rhorn, Niploma
Spouse No long-term partner
Children None
Profession Politician, Revolutionary and Scholar
Political party Socialist Internationalist Party (historical)
Languages spoken English, Gaelic and Hebrew

Alsandair Michael Healey (June 6th 1910 - April 3rd 1981) was a noted revolutionary, student/ intellectual and politician. He is best known for serving two terms as PM for Niploma, impressively the terms added up to fifteen years of power. He is occasionally known as the 'Father of Niploma' due to being the first PM.

Early Life

Alsandair was born into an educated family. His mother, Sarah Healey, was a Jew and a typical housewife. His father, Gerry Healey was a banker and an atheist. He was born in the northern city of Rhorn. Healey's childhood was that of the typical middle class life in Niploma. Once enrolled in schooling Healey was influenced by an unknown History teacher, the name of whom was not listed in Healey's Personal Diaries, who taught Healey Marxist theory in his spare time.

Healey exceeded at school and went on to study at Rhorn University. However, his education was cut short when the Niplomian Communist Army invaded Rhorn. Healey became disenfranchised with the extreme authortarianism of the NCA and when the Socialist Resistance (SR) became involved in Rhorn Healey joined up and became an underground revolutionary. Upon hearing the news that his parents had been killed by royalist troops who believed them to be Communists Healey attached himself to an SR brigade and headed towards Failegn.

Healey arrived in Failegn sometime in late 1935 when the war had failed for the NCA and had swayed heavily in the SR favour. Healey soon became a devout Socialist and despised both the NCA (whom he has quoted as being, 'A despicable excuse for an army who had little or no support in Niploma') and royalists in equal measures. He soon became a rifleman and there are several records of him in fighting in Niploma although it is understood he was not an exceeding soldier. Instead, Healey was forced to use his education as his weapon. He began work for one of the several Commanders of the time. Healey found great respect in the Socialist Resistance and, in turn, several leading SR members admired his hard work and devotion. After the peaceful agreement and the creation of the Republic Healey could no longer work for the SR and was excused from common work. Instead, he signed up for their new political wing which would now run the country.

Career

Early Career

Once excused from the Socialist Resistance Healey went on to several jobs in Failegn. He worked in the 'Niplomian Bank' (a point that has his critics argue his socialistic credentials) but nethertheless stayed close to the SR. Once the SR began a dictated Government and began looking for civil servants Healey was put foward by several high-ranking military names in Government. At thirty years old he joined the Niplomian Civil Service and began looking after the economy in Failegn.

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Well-known photograph of Healey taken in 1970 during his second term as PM.
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Healey became a genius in left-wing economics. He had all business concentrated in the 'south-side' and encouraged mass-selling between nations. The heavy nationalism in Failegn (and Niploma as a whole) allowed Healey to force a harder working career for many of Failegn workers. Yet, to inspire fellow citizens Healey rewarded citizens with tax-breaks and holidays. At thirty-six (1946) years old Healey became a Governmental advisor, advising then 'Head of Finance & Business' Ian Graign. By 1950 Healey had become Head of Finance himself.

Government

In the 'thriving fifties' Healeey gathered all-round support and respect for the Government by creating an exceding economy whilst in a heavy socialist society. When the Government began to consider a democratic election and candidate Healey was a likely candidate. By 1956 the SR and the Government denounced all previous violence and dicated Government and called an election for 1958. The SR stood as the Socialist Internationalist Party. Healey was elected as the front-runner and knew that it was almost certain he would be PM. From 1956-1958 he became interim leader of Niploma.

Prime Minister

On the 3rd May 1958 Healey became PM in what was termed a, 'hyper-majority' in the new Democratic House. His party controlled 670 our ot the 750 seats. Thirty seats went to the Royalist-Party, forty of the New Socialists and ten to the Conservative Niploma Party. Healey had won a vast majority of the country's support.

Healey continued with a long first term that was mostly sucessful. Healey had several democratic and liberal Bills drafted and passed, many of which stand today as parts of the basic rights as Niplomians. Healey also continued with Socialistic reform of society but after some rapid changes he soon slowed down and began a more progressive political agenda. Healey is well known for slowly but surely ensuring Niploma thrived. Many of his drastic reforms changed Niploma from a feudalistic Oligarchy to a reformed democratic-socialist republic.

His running of SIP was questioned at times. Of the numerous seats and supporters they had Healey had failed in controlling the many conflicting views within the party. Many party members, including several of his Cabinet Deputies, were 'capitalist' and did not ride the flow of Socialism in Niploma. These members began expoliting weak points in the party and their numbers grew. Healey termed what he called, 'Blues riding Niploma's multicoloured Red society', as 'devious'. Alas, by the end of his second term SIP had its own centrist right-wing that, luckily for Niploma, would ensure that in decades to come a strong economic wing in the party could fight several of Niploma's economics wos in the 1980's and 1990's respectively.

Once his first term had ended Healey entered his second election with good will and hope. His party was certain to win but there were worries:

  • Could the larger numbers of centrists, conservatives and liberals grow within his own party?
  • Could SIP retain a hyper-majority?
  • Could natural causes spawn disaster for Healey?

Regardless, Healey won a super-majority in the Democratic House winning 540 seats out of 750. Tacticians within SIP ensured that the party-list was made up of only those loyal to the old SR and Healey himself. This, like several other factors, has created criticism. Critics argue Healey was creating a dictated one-party state as SIP was donimated by those only loyal to him. SIP Deputies argued against this by saying its no different to what any other party does. In the Democratic House an opposition orose that would remain so until 1990 - the Grand Conservative Party. The GCP was not, as commonly seen, a thorn in the side of SIP at first. Indeed, it attracted many of SIP's more right-wing members therefore ensuring Healey had a tighter grip upon his party.

Healey's second term continued with many reforms and was deemed as a more left-wing term with tax rates heading up to 75% - the highest ever recorded. Nethertheless, Healey allowed small privatisation to go ahead and included protectionism in his economics. Healey also signed the '1967 Peace Agreement' with the NCA where he allowed all their members to go unoticed by the law in return for an end to all violence and activities. This soon lead to the next PM (Fitzgerald) disbanding Niploma's army. Indeed, Healey was a self-delcared diplomat and pacifist who always had his pen go before the sword. Several of Healeys social policies ensured a safe and crime-free Niploma that would remain so until the 1980's when Niploma was ruled by Moore and Hughes.

Healey declared an end to his political career in 1971 and announced the following year an election would go ahead. Historians account this as a smart political move for Healey was quiting, 'whilst ahead'. Healey began a passover of power to Sean Fitzgerald, a felloow economist and then Head of Finance. In 1972 Fitzgerald won the election and Healey retired.

Later Life & Death

Life Positions

Interim Leader of Niploma in the Provisional Government - 1956 to 1958 Prime Minister and Head of State of Niploma - 1958 to 1972 Dean of Rhorn University - 1976 to 1980

Quotations

'Yes, a man can control dozens with a rifle but I will control millions with democracy' - 1956 during time as interim leader. Speaking in referance to upcoming election.

'It is not the people that make an economy strong, it is the economy that make the people strong' - 1951 whilst Head of Finance & Business.

'A despicable excuse for an army who had little or no support in Niploma' - 1935 whilst a revolutionary. Taken from Healey's Personal Diaries. In referance to the NCA.