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'''Dario Lorenzin''' (born 23<sup>rd</sup> December, 1952) is a [[Marirana|Mariranan]] politician. He served as the 48<sup>th</sup> President of Marirana from 2008 to 2013 and previously served as the prime minister from June 1997 to May 1998. The founder of the {{Wp|Liberalism|liberal}} [[Positive Marirana]] party Lorenzin was previously a member of [[Democratic Alternative (Marirana)|Democratic Alternative]] (AD).  
{{Wp|General officer|General}} '''Dario Lorenzin''' (born 23<sup>rd</sup> December, 1960) is a [[Marirana|Mariranan]] military officer and {{Wp|strongman (politics)|strongman}} politician who has served as president of Marirana from 2013 to the present day.  


A lawyer who studied in the [[Federation of Asteria|Federation]], Lorenzin became a public prosecutor in the 1990's where he became famous for spearheading detailed cases against corrupt officials in Montopoli. In 1997 he was tapped to become prime minister under the presidential administration of [[Oliviero Michelozzi]] where he was accused of using {{Wp|lawfare}} against corrupt officials and attempting to politicise the judiciary. He resigned from cabinet in 1998 after accusing president [[Giordano Falcomatà]] of tolerating corruption.  
A career soldier and high-ranking officer, Lorenzin was appointed as Minister of Defence with authority over the Mariranan military in December 2012 after the cabinet resigned en masse following the resignation of president [[Alfonso Hatoyama]]. Picked by interim president [[Giorgio Macciocchi]] due to his supposed apolitical views he soon emerged as a opponent of the proposed democratisation measures Macciocchi's national unity government proposed. As a result Lorenzin was a key figure in the [[2013 Mariranan coup d'état]] that deposed Macciocchi with Lorenzin forming a provisional military cabinet, the National Salvation Committee. This act triggered further protests and reprisals that led to a defection of a large section of the military and the start of the [[Mariranan Civil War]].  


In 2006 Lorenzin left the Socialist Party over corruption allegations and formed the Positive Marirana party which soon became the dominant party of the {{wp|centre-left}}. In anticipation for the 2008 election Lorenzin formed the [[Alliance of the Centre]] coalition which included Positive Marirana, the [[Socialist Party (Marirana)|Socialist Party]], [[Forza Marirana]] and the [[Union of Green Democrats - Ecological Alternative]].  
Since the start of the Mariranan Civil War Lorenzin has been considered to be leading a {{wp|military dictatorship}}. Supported by the international community in 2015 Lorenzin held a presidential election widely considered fraudulent; he was recorded as gaining 96% of the vote and his Democratic Republican Concentration party gaining all seats in the legislature. During the civil war Lorenzin has been accused of several war crimes and {{wp|ethnic cleansing}}; however he has rejected these claims and accused his opponents of supporting {{Wp|communism}} and {{Wp|regime change}}.  
==Early and academic life==
Lorenzin was born in 1960 in the city of Aquinas as the second son to a middle-class family, with his father's family having emigrated to Marirana from [[Werania]] in the 1860's whilst his mother was of Etrurian descent. His father Emiliano was a general whilst his mother was a nurse. He attended a Catholic private school from the ages of 12 to 18 before being accepted into the San Marco Military Academy from 1980. He graduated as a {{wp|lieutenant}} in 1985 rank 45<Sup>th</sup> out of 200. He briefly studied in military academies in [[Nuxica]] and [[Estmere]].  


During the 2008 election Lorenzin attained 37.6% vote in the first round, before getting 54.3% against Giuseppe Rognoni in the second round. The Alliance for the Centre coalition won the 2008 legislative election enabling Lorenzin to govern with a majority. As president Lorenzin was forced to deal with a recession, reacting by cutting public expenditure and pursuing economic liberalisation. Lorenzin also launched a comprehensive anti-corruption crackdown and attempted to negotiate with insurgent groups, although talks broke down in 2011.
In 1990 Lorenzin married a Grysell Cabello, who was a Nuxican citizen. Following their marriage in 1995 Lorenzin had his first child, Mario and in 2001 his second Bella.
==Military career==
Lorenzin earned his first commission in 1990 serving in the mechanised infantry, specialising in tank warfare. In 2003 he was appointed as deputy commanding general in the 1st Armoured Division and in 2005 was its command general. He became the overall commanding officer of the Ritaldi region in 2010. He became the adjunct officer to deputy Chief of Staff Paolo Panzeri in 2011 after being recommended for the position by President [[Alfonso Hatoyama]]. As a result Lorenzin was promoted to the position of {{wp|colonel general}}.
===Minister of Defence===
In October 2012 Marirana was rocked by mass protests following President Hatoyama's decision to propose his son, [[Maurizio Hatoyama]], as his successor as president. As victory of the ruling [[Popular Republican Movement]] was always assured in Marirana such a decision sparked opposition both in civil society and the military over concerns of {{Wp|personal dictatorship}} by the Hatoyama family. The protests soon morphed into a broad popular movement against the government's authoritarianism, cultural marginalisation of native groups and their economic policies blamed for high unemployment and poverty. As a result Hatoyama, his cabinet and several military generals resigned from their posts with prime minister [[Giorgio Macciocchi]] becoming interim president.  


In 2010 Forza Marirana left the government after stalled economic reforms forming a coalition government with the Anti-Revolutionary Party and the Democratic Alternative; this forced Lorenzin to enter a state of {{Wp|cohabitation (government)|cohabitation}}. Lorenzin criticised this development as leading to a "''system of paralysis''" and came to conflict with the executive, leading to government gridlock. He officially stepped down as president on the 28 January 2013 when his five year term ended to low approval ratings.  
With much of the high command of the military considered to be discredited Macciocchi appointed Lorenzin as Minister of Defence, perceiving him to be both apolitical and a much needed break from the older officers associated with the ruling clique. He was promoted by president Macciocchi to a {{Wp|major general}}.  


Lorenzin ran in the 2018 election for the presidency - however he attained only 4.2% of the vote and did not enter the second round. Lorenzin subsequently endorsed [[Lorenzo Occhetto]] for the presidency with Positive Marirana joining the left-wing [[Avanti Marirana!]] political coalition. He was appointed as Marirana's representative to the [[Community of Nations]] in June 2018 by President Occhetto.  
Lorenzin following his appointment stated that the army stood as a "''bulwark of democracy against agitators who seek to impose dictatorship over Marirana''" and that it served the people over "''vested political interests and revolutionary agitators''". His statements were seen by critics of the democratisation process as clarifying that the military would act against leftist attempts to overthrow the state; conversely supporters of the interim government saw them as a confirmation that the military was not beholden to the old guard of the PRN who called for a suppression of the protests.


He is considered a prominent member of the "{{wp|third way}}" tendency in global politics, supporting {{wp|economic liberalism|economic}} and {{wp|social liberalism}}.  
===2013 coup d'état===
==Early and academic life==
In June 2013 protests escalated after Macciocchi announced that elections would be postponed to 2015, considered a backdoor attempt to maintain the regime. Members of the opposition serving in the interim government resigned from their posts condemning Macciocchi for maintaining an un-elected and unrepresentative government. As a result of the intensified protests on the 11 June the military handed the interim government an ultimatum to either come to a national consensus or face "''serious consequences''". After two days the military seized key government buildings (the government offices, the legislature, the presidential palace and the national broadcasting headquarters) after a cyberattack had shut down government websites. Macciochhi was placed under house arrest.  
Lorenzin was born in 1952 in the city of Aquinas as the second son to a middle-class family, with his father's family having emigrated to Marirana from [[Werania]] in the 1860's whilst his mother was of Bahian descent. His father Emiliano was a journalist whilst his mother was a nurse. He attended a Catholic private school from the ages of 12 to 18 before being accepted into the prestigious University of Aquinas from 1970 studying History before dropping out and transferring to the University of Freeminster in 1972 to study law. He earned a bachelors degree from Freeminister in 1975 and a masters in 1977 in the legal profession.  


In 1975 Lorenzin married a fellow law student, Jill Dumont, who was an [[Federation of Asteria|Asterian]] citizen. Following their marriage in 1978 Lorenzin had his first child, Mario and in 1981 his second Bella.
In an address the next day on the 14 June Lorenzin addressed the nation. Stating that the military had set up a new provisional government, the National Salvation Committee, Lorenzin stated that he was not only taking the presidency but also ordered a series of new measures intended to restore order including -  
==Legal career==
*controls over the media
Following his graduation from university Lorenzin returned to Marirana moving to the city of Montopoli, where he became a municipal judge in the city of Montopoli. However he resigned from the court in 1978 after having his first child Lorenzin set up his own private law firm in the city.  
*imposition of internet censorship
 
*declared a curfew nationwide
In 1982 Lorenzin defended the court cases of dissidents who had been tortured by the than ruling military regime leading him to become a human rights lawyer on behalf of dissidents to the regime. Most famously in 1985 when he sought to bring to attention the case of the Nuovi V, a rock band in Marirana that was imprisoned by the regime for "spreading subversive messages". Lorenzin gained national attention over the case which infuriated the military regime. Amid international criticism Lorenzin was imprisoned in 1984 for "supporting seditious elements" and his lawyer licence revoked.
*banned gatherings of five or more persons
[[File:Con LF1.jpg|thumb|250px|Lorenzin as a prosecutor in 1994.]]
*the arrest of anti-coup activists for rhetoric that the authorities considered to go beyond the right of free speech
Lorenzin's imprisonment meant he became one of the most high profile dissidents in the country. In 1987 president [[Ignazio Antoniotto]] officially pardoned Lorenzin as part of his liberalisation process. Lorenzin as a result was a founder of the {{Wp|social liberalism|social-liberal}} [[Democratic Alternative (Marirana)|Democratic Alternative]] (AD) and subsequently campaigned for the [[Coalition for Democratic Action]] in the 1987 presidential and 1988 legislative elections. Despite being offered a parliamentary seat Lorenzin instead opted to return to the legal profession in order to campaign for former victims of the regime to receive compensation.
==President==
 
===Civil war===
In 1992 following financial troubles with his legal firm Lorenzin became a public prosecutor in Montopoli. He soon garnered a reputation of being harsh on local corruption, actively investigation and prosecuting cases of fiscal corruption in the city. Lorenzin's critics accused him of {{wp|lawfare}}, but his stringent anti-corruption crusade led to him to become the most popular public figure in the city.
 
During the 1998 election members of the Democratic Alternative approached Lorenzin to persuade him to run for president. Lorenzin refused the offer after deciding to accept the nomination to become prime minister.
==Political career==
===Prime Minister===
In June 1997 president [[Oliviero Michelozzi]] approached Lorenzin to become Prime Minister after the resignation of [[Giordano Falcomatà]] when the latter decided to run for the presidency. Lorenzin agreed on the condition to largely pick his own cabinet during the period between his inauguration as prime minister and the election of a new president in January 1998. In his first speech as prime minister Lorenzin promised to reduce corruption, continue economic liberalisation and modernise the political process.
[[File:FDBLFInaug.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Lorenzin at a cabinet meeting in March 1998.]]
Lorenzin soon proved himself to be an activist prime minister, proposing a series of economic reforms including liberalising foreign-direct investment and the creation of new division within the federal police force to combat drug traffickers. During the 1998 election Lorenzin endorsed the victorious candidate Falcomatà and after the election was retained by Falcomatà in office.
 
In 1998 Lorenzin proposed a wide reaching legal reform that would have placed far more power in the Attorney-General's hands in line with Falcomatà's "''clean hands''" anti-corruption programme. Lorenzin was soon accused of using the same lawfare tactics as he had done in Montopoli and of politicising the judiciary, albeit the government defended the proposals by stating they would serve more to clean up the judiciary of corrupt elements rather than politicise it. The proposal was defeated by the parliamentary assembly in May 1998, resulting in Lorenzin to submit his resignation as prime minister where he accused Falcomatà of undermining the government's own proposal and being "''soft on corruption''". Although offered to continue in cabinet, he returned to private law practice throughout the reminder of Falcomatà's term.
 
Lorenzin retired from his law practice in 2003 to run for the House of Councillors on the Democratic Alternative's list in the 2003 legislative election. He was elected on a proportional seat.
===2008 election===
[[File:Lorenzin election.jpg|thumb|Lorenzin campaigning during the [[Mariranan presidential election, 2007-08|2008 election.]]|left|250px]]
 
==Presidency==
===Economic policy===
===Economic policy===
===Security policy===
===Foreign affairs===
===Foreign policy===
==Controversy==
===Domestic policy===
===War crimes===
===Cohabitation===
===Corruption===
==Post-presidency==
==Views and beliefs==
==Views and beliefs==
==Personal life==
==Personal life==
[[Category:Marirana]]
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Latest revision as of 19:31, 5 April 2020

Dario Lorenzin
Lorenzin official.jpg
Dario Lorenzin
47th President of Marirana
Disputed
Assumed office
17th June 2013
Prime MinisterMatteo Andino
Enzo Alfano
Preceded byGiorgio Macciocchi
Chairman of the National Salvation Committee
In office
17th June 2013 – 8th October 2015
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition dissolved
Minister of Defence
PresidentGiorgio Macciocchi
Preceded bytba
Succeeded bytba
Personal details
Born (1960-12-23) December 23, 1960 (age 63)
Flag of Marirana.png Aquinas, Vittico, Marirana
Political partyCDR
SpouseGrysell Cabello
ChildrenMario
Bella
Alma materSan Marco Military Academy
Military service
AllegianceFlag of Marirana.png Marirana
Branch/serviceFlag of Marirana.png Army (1985-present)
RankGeneral
Battles/warsMariranan Civil War

General Dario Lorenzin (born 23rd December, 1960) is a Mariranan military officer and strongman politician who has served as president of Marirana from 2013 to the present day.

A career soldier and high-ranking officer, Lorenzin was appointed as Minister of Defence with authority over the Mariranan military in December 2012 after the cabinet resigned en masse following the resignation of president Alfonso Hatoyama. Picked by interim president Giorgio Macciocchi due to his supposed apolitical views he soon emerged as a opponent of the proposed democratisation measures Macciocchi's national unity government proposed. As a result Lorenzin was a key figure in the 2013 Mariranan coup d'état that deposed Macciocchi with Lorenzin forming a provisional military cabinet, the National Salvation Committee. This act triggered further protests and reprisals that led to a defection of a large section of the military and the start of the Mariranan Civil War.

Since the start of the Mariranan Civil War Lorenzin has been considered to be leading a military dictatorship. Supported by the international community in 2015 Lorenzin held a presidential election widely considered fraudulent; he was recorded as gaining 96% of the vote and his Democratic Republican Concentration party gaining all seats in the legislature. During the civil war Lorenzin has been accused of several war crimes and ethnic cleansing; however he has rejected these claims and accused his opponents of supporting communism and regime change.

Early and academic life

Lorenzin was born in 1960 in the city of Aquinas as the second son to a middle-class family, with his father's family having emigrated to Marirana from Werania in the 1860's whilst his mother was of Etrurian descent. His father Emiliano was a general whilst his mother was a nurse. He attended a Catholic private school from the ages of 12 to 18 before being accepted into the San Marco Military Academy from 1980. He graduated as a lieutenant in 1985 rank 45th out of 200. He briefly studied in military academies in Nuxica and Estmere.

In 1990 Lorenzin married a Grysell Cabello, who was a Nuxican citizen. Following their marriage in 1995 Lorenzin had his first child, Mario and in 2001 his second Bella.

Military career

Lorenzin earned his first commission in 1990 serving in the mechanised infantry, specialising in tank warfare. In 2003 he was appointed as deputy commanding general in the 1st Armoured Division and in 2005 was its command general. He became the overall commanding officer of the Ritaldi region in 2010. He became the adjunct officer to deputy Chief of Staff Paolo Panzeri in 2011 after being recommended for the position by President Alfonso Hatoyama. As a result Lorenzin was promoted to the position of colonel general.

Minister of Defence

In October 2012 Marirana was rocked by mass protests following President Hatoyama's decision to propose his son, Maurizio Hatoyama, as his successor as president. As victory of the ruling Popular Republican Movement was always assured in Marirana such a decision sparked opposition both in civil society and the military over concerns of personal dictatorship by the Hatoyama family. The protests soon morphed into a broad popular movement against the government's authoritarianism, cultural marginalisation of native groups and their economic policies blamed for high unemployment and poverty. As a result Hatoyama, his cabinet and several military generals resigned from their posts with prime minister Giorgio Macciocchi becoming interim president.

With much of the high command of the military considered to be discredited Macciocchi appointed Lorenzin as Minister of Defence, perceiving him to be both apolitical and a much needed break from the older officers associated with the ruling clique. He was promoted by president Macciocchi to a major general.

Lorenzin following his appointment stated that the army stood as a "bulwark of democracy against agitators who seek to impose dictatorship over Marirana" and that it served the people over "vested political interests and revolutionary agitators". His statements were seen by critics of the democratisation process as clarifying that the military would act against leftist attempts to overthrow the state; conversely supporters of the interim government saw them as a confirmation that the military was not beholden to the old guard of the PRN who called for a suppression of the protests.

2013 coup d'état

In June 2013 protests escalated after Macciocchi announced that elections would be postponed to 2015, considered a backdoor attempt to maintain the regime. Members of the opposition serving in the interim government resigned from their posts condemning Macciocchi for maintaining an un-elected and unrepresentative government. As a result of the intensified protests on the 11 June the military handed the interim government an ultimatum to either come to a national consensus or face "serious consequences". After two days the military seized key government buildings (the government offices, the legislature, the presidential palace and the national broadcasting headquarters) after a cyberattack had shut down government websites. Macciochhi was placed under house arrest.

In an address the next day on the 14 June Lorenzin addressed the nation. Stating that the military had set up a new provisional government, the National Salvation Committee, Lorenzin stated that he was not only taking the presidency but also ordered a series of new measures intended to restore order including -

  • controls over the media
  • imposition of internet censorship
  • declared a curfew nationwide
  • banned gatherings of five or more persons
  • the arrest of anti-coup activists for rhetoric that the authorities considered to go beyond the right of free speech

President

Civil war

Economic policy

Foreign affairs

Controversy

War crimes

Corruption

Views and beliefs

Personal life