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==Premiership==
==Premiership==
===Seize the Future===
===Executive power===
===Domestic policy===
===Foreign policy===
===Great War (1926-1935)===
===Post-War Destiny===


==Legacy==
==Legacy==
 
===First of the Seven===
==Personal life==
==Personal life==

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Warwick Lionel Fairfax
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Prime Minister of Valentir
In office
19 July 1919 – 27 January 1941
PresidentJohn B. Williams
DeputyTBD
Preceded byWinston MacGregor
Succeeded byR. R. Giles
Leader of the Valentirian Federation of Labour
In office
19 July 1919 – 27 January 1941
DeputyTBD
Preceded byWinston MacGregor
Succeeded byTBD
Attorney-General of Valentir
In office
1 March 1913 – 19 July 1919
Prime MinisterTBD
Preceded byTBD
Succeeded byTBD
Minister for Home Affairs
In office
11 November 1910 – 1 March 1913
Prime MinisterTBD
Preceded byTBD
Succeeded byTBD
Member of the Valentirian Parliament for Blackmoor
In office
2 February 1904 – 27 January 1941
Preceded byTBD
Succeeded byTBD
Personal details
Born17 December 1876
Brightwall, New Ardougne, Valentir
Died22 July 1964 (aged 88)
Valeins, Valmont, Valentir
Resting placeMausoleum of the One, Oakfield, Westcliff, Valentir
Political partyValentirian Federation of Labour
RelationsSee Fairfax family
Alma materQueen's College, Valeins]]
ProfessionBarrister
Historian
Politician
ParentsIan Fairfax III
Aliénor Leblanc
ReligionNone (Atheist)

Warwick Lionel Fairfax (17 December 1876 – 22 July 1964) was a Valentirian lawyer and politician who served as the Xth Prime Minister of Valentir from 1919–1941. Fairfax was a prominent revolutionary during the Wave of Liberation and Valentir's subsequent independence from Estmere. He is also well known for his leadership of Valentir throughout the Great War (1926–1935) when he mobilised Valentirian industrial and military capacity to support the Republic of Negara and the Grand Alliance. A lifelong member of the Valentirian Federation of Labour, he is the longest serving Prime Minister of Valentir, occupying the position uninterrupted for 22 consecutive years. Considered one of the Fathers of the Nation, Fairfax laid the foundations for the modern Valentirian state and shaped the cultural, political and economic landscape of the country. He maintained an immense degree of political and social influence following his retirement in 1941. In polls of historians and political scientists, Fairfax is generally ranked as first amongst the The Great Seven.

Fairfax was born in 1876, to the upper-class Fairfax family in the bustling suburbs of Brightwall, New Ardougne. His father, Ian Fairfax III, was a prominent left-wing politician and the Xth Premier of New Ardougne and his mother, Aliénor Leblanc, a women right's and labour activist. Groomed to follow in his father's footsteps and join the family's prolific political dynasty, Fairfax moved to Valeins in 1896 to study at Queen's College, Valeins where he focused on political science and law. While studying in Valeins he encountered the beginnings of the Brotherhood without Banners, an independence movement that would eventually earn his sympathies. In 1901 he finished his studies at Queen's College and began working as a barrister under the employ of the Supreme Court of Valentir.

Early life and family

Education

Brotherhood without Banners

VFL Membership

Early political career

Supreme Court

Clashes with the Commonwealth League

Arrest and imprisonment

Assassination of Ian Fairfax III

Wave of Liberation

Violence across the nation

Right hand of MacGregor

VFL infighting

MacGregor government

Minister for Home Affairs

Attorney-General

Rising star

Groomed for succession

MacGregor's assassination

Premiership

Seize the Future

Executive power

Domestic policy

Foreign policy

Great War (1926-1935)

Post-War Destiny

Legacy

First of the Seven

Personal life