Jon Danilowicz
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| Political Position(s): | Secretary of State of the Minnesotan Confederacy |
| Term of Office: | May 12, 2002 - present |
| Predecessor: | Chong Moua |
| Successor: | Incumbent |
| Birthdate: | December 18, 1956 |
| Place of Birth: | Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America |
| Nationality: | Minnesotan (acquired citizenship September 1, 1977) |
| Religion: | Agnostic |
| Spouse: | Amanda Hand-Danilowicz |
| Profession(s): | Diplomat, statesman, political scientist |
| Political Party: | Minnesotan Patriot Party |
| Languages Spoken: | English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Irish, Russian, Polish, Afrikaans, Esperanto, Arabic, Farsi, Hindi, Urdu, Nepali |
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Dr. Jon F. Danilowicz, Jr., born December 18, 1956 in Worcester, Massachusetts, is a world-renowned diplomat and political scientist almost universally regarded as a "respected elder statesman" by his friends and foes alike. He has traveled to almost every country in the world, fluently speaks 15 languages (and a smattering of more than 40 others), and has helped peacefully resolve dozens of conflicts and civil wars through his diplomatic intervention, and has initiated dialogue between many other world leaders and prevented several other wars from starting in the first place. Like his father, the legendary Jon F. Danilowicz, Sr., he is a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He earned this distinction for helping bring a negotiated settlement to the Arab-Israeli conflict, civil wars in El Salvador and Mozambique, and the end of apartheid in South Africa. More controversially, he is known as the architect of a new ideology, known as "libertarian fascism." Dr. Danilowicz was appointed Secretary of State of the Minnesotan Confederacy by the Kaiser on May 12, 2002.
Danilowicz was born in an upper-middle class family in Massachusetts, shortly after the conclusion of the Second American Civil War, at a time when the nation, deeply divided, fractured, anarchic, and in dire economic straits, was comprised mostly of quasi-independent states run by various warlords. His parents, Jon, Sr. and Nancy, were both well-respected diplomats. In fact, Jon, Sr. won a Nobel Peace Prize and became an international celebrity when, in 1960, he negotiated peace treaties in each state, which led to the resignation of the warlords, the re-establishment of law and order, and the holding of free and fair elections. While the country was not re-united as Jon, Sr. had hoped for, several states did unite into various federations or confederations, such as the Minnesotan Confederacy, formed by the former American Midwest, and Kahta, formed by many former Southern states, and peace prevailed and another civil war was avoided. The newly established nations coexisted harmoniously, and actively traded with one another. Jon, Sr. was quite busy in those days. His resounding success in bringing peace to the former U.S. made him the most popular diplomat in the world, and countries of every size, ideology, and creed found themselves begging for his help whenever crisis loomed. Jon, Sr. and his family spent considerable time in Pakistan and India, preventing a major war between those two countries. It was here that Jon, Jr. learned a smattering of the Hindi and Urdu he now speaks fluently.
His father also spent quite a bit of time in Nepal, where he helped negotiate a border dispute between it and China, helping to avert another potential war. The more conflicts he resolved, the greater his prestige grew, and the greater Jon, Jr.'s respect for his father became.
As for Jon, Jr. himself, he proved to be a phenomenally apt and intelligent young boy. Various doctors estimated his I.Q. to be anywhere from 185 to 220. He taught himself to read at two, fluently spoke six languages at four, could handle eighth-grade math problems at seven, and memorized four Shakespeare plays by the age of ten. He was homeschooled by his mother in her spare time, and finished high school when he was only thirteen years old. At that time, his family was staying in Panama City, Panama, where Jon met his future wife, Amanda Leigh, the daughter of a Minnesotan diplomat. Despite their young age, the two fell deeply in love, and, by a twist of fate, Jon, Sr. was soon appointed as Massachusetts' ambassador to the Minnesotan Confederacy; at the same time, Amanda's father retired, and brought her and the family back to Minnesota with him. There, Jon, Jr. and Amanda continued to date, and he attended college at the same time. He had his first Master's Degree at sixteen and earned his Doctorate at twenty.
In his spare time, Jon, Jr. wrote and published several critically acclaimed and commercially successful, but highly controversial, articles on his newly minted ideology, "libertarian fascism," an ideology that combined nearly limitless social freedom with the economic and political tenets of Mussolini-style fascism. His first book, Between Pragmatism and Ideology: The Case for Libertarian Fascism became an international best-seller that sold over 10,000,000 copies worldwide. Interestingly, the book was published September 2, 1977, the day after he became a Minnesotan citizen. A year later, he and Amanda became happily married. Between 1978 and 1983, Jon earned five more Master's Degrees and another Doctorate, and he and Amanda became the proud parents of two sons and two daughters: Jon III (b. 1978), Lester (b. 1979), and Kate and Eunice (twins, both b. 1982).
In 1985, Jon was hired by the Minnesota Department of State. His first job was serving as ambassador to Yugoslavia. He served tours in over twenty countries, and became a celebrated world-class statesman in his own right, just like his father. In the 1990s, he served in El Salvador, Mozambique, South Africa, and Israel. He helped negotiate a peaceful end to the El Salvador Civil War, the Mozambican Civil War, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and apartheid in South Africa. For this, he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997. Uncomfortable with the excess publicity, never-ending supply of fan mail, and constant hounding by reporters, he chose to retire from diplomacy and settle down with his family back in Minnesota. There, he continued to write and publish sporadically, and occasionally gave interviews, but took utmost care to avoid entering the limelight.
In 2002, growing bored with retirement, he chose to resume his career. To his surprise and delight, he was appointed Secretary of State by the Kaiser shortly afterwards.
Trivia
- Jon Danilowicz, Jr. comes from a diverse background. He is of mixed Polish, Irish, French, Russian, and Syrian or Lebanese (depending on the source) heritage.
- His family is distantly related to the famous diplomats Lester Pearson, John Foster Dulles, Ferdinand Buisson, and Frank B. Kellogg.
List of books written by Danilowicz
- Between Pragmatism and Ideology: The Case for Libertarian Fascism (1977)
- The Best of Mussolini, the Best of Rothbard: Libertarian Fascism Explained (1978)
- Best of Both Worlds (1981)
- The Art of Diplomacy (1982)
- Jon F. Danilowicz, Sr.: A Biography (1982)
- Great Diplomats of History (1983)
- Selected Writings (1986)
- Capitalism and Socialism: Vices and Virtues (1991)
- My Life (1994)
- In My Father's Footsteps (1995)
- Reminiscences: My Experience in El Salvador, Africa, and Israel (1996)
- Libertarian Fascism: A Reevaluation (1998)
- Principle and Politics (1999)
- A Fight Worth Winning (1999)
- Selected Essays (2001)
- Minnesotan Foreign Policy, 1965-2002 (2003)
- The Future of Diplomacy (2005)
