Papa Kadu
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Papa Kadu | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office February 16, 1969 – May 14, 1984 Acting: February 16, 1969 – October 1, 1969 | |
| President | Takakunda Kuda Kani |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Fezile Booi |
| Member of the National Assembly for VE-Sanangura | |
| In office October 1, 1969 – May 14, 1984 | |
| Succeeded by | Coceka Ntsokwana |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 6, 1919 Baulou, Baséland |
| Died | March 2, 1997 (aged 77) Kalnaspilis, Sidabria, Aucuria |
| Cause of death | Intracerebral hemorrhage |
| Nationality | Garamburan |
| Political party | PNG |
| Spouse | Anathi Holomisa (m. 1945, his death 1997) |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Queen Evelin College Baliholl College, Damesbridge |
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Tanunurwa Shumba Kadu, (November 6, 1919 – March 2, 1997; aged 77), sometimes known as T. S. Kadu and more commonly and affectionately referred to as Papa Kadu was a Garamburan politician, author, ethnologist, political scientist and independence activist who served as the first Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Garambura from 1969 to 1984. Kadu was the only minister to retain his position through all three tenures of inaugural president Takakunda Kuda Kani, and was a close ally of the president who was renowned for his quick-witted nature and oratory skills. In addition to his political career, Kadu conducted and published numerous studies into Bahian ethnology, as well as race relations in the post-colonial world, the new world and the first world, the subject of his most famous publication, La Trilogie.
Kadu was born in the city of Baulou (now Kugura) in the Colony of Baséland to farmer parents who had settled along the banks of the Gonda during the Gaullican colonial government's effort to encourage Bahian migration into self-sustaining communities along the river after the complete abolition of indentured labour in the colony. Kadu grew up in Baulou until the age of ten, when his father died and he, his mother and three siblings relocated to Sainte-Germaine in search of less laborious work in the capital. At the age of nineteen, he began a three year study in political sciences at the Queen Evelin College in the city, graduating in 1941. In 1943, he earned a placement a Baliholl College at the University of Damesbridge to study a two-year postgraduate degree in ethnology, becoming one of the first students born in Bahia to graduate from one of the "Big Three" Estmerish universities in 1945. After spending a year living in the city of Morwall, Kadu emigrated back to Bahia when Rwizikuru gained its independence in 1946, and began work as a lecturer at the college.
Dissatisfied with the absence of an independent state of Garambura, Kadu partook in the 1947 Sainte-Germaine riots, where he was arrested and imprisoned on sedition and treason charges for seven years. Upon his release in 1954, he became increasingly involved with the Republicains de l'Est political group, alongside Takakunda Kuda Kani, becoming one of the principal underground voices in the group throughout the 1950s. His support for the group remained a matter of public secret until 1968, when unrest in Garambura grew rapidly as calls for Garamburan independence were accelerated. The harsh crackdown on the movement by the new Kingdom of Rwizikuru led to the Garamburan War of Independence, which Kadu did not participate in militarily, but was declared as acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Provisional Government of Garambura on the war's outbreak in 1969. As foreign minister, he was tasked principally with securing positive relations with other states. During his eight-month tenure as acting foreign minister, Garambura established diplomatic relations with Estmere, Halland, Gaullica, Werania, Soravia, Nuxica as well as other nations across Euclea, Coius and the Asterias.
He was elected to the VE-Sanangura seat of the National Assembly in the country's first elections on October 1, 1969, officially becoming Minister of Foreign Affairs of the first Takakunda government on the same day. His pro-northern and anti-socialist views characterised Garambura's initial foreign policy, and his education gave him immense reputation among the first generation of Garambura's post-independence politicians. Kadu secured Garamburan entry into the Community of Nations in 1971, essentially ensuring Garambura's de facto global recognition in the process. Clélie Gérin-Lajoie became the first head-of-state to make an official diplomatic visit under Kadu's tenure as foreign minister in 1973, often seen as the beginning of the development of extremely positive relations between the two countries, which Kadu supported fervently. He kept his ministry with Takakunda's first re-election in 1974, this time overseeing the outbreak of the Nativity War with Rwizikuru and Masari. In 1977, he was one of the signatories of the Treaty of Bazadavo that ended the war. Keeping the ministry again in 1979 after a series of successful negotiations with the Congress of Bahian States, Garambura entered the organisation in 1979 after a decade of strenuous relations with Rwizikuru. He and Kupakwashe Ngonidzashe saw relations with the two states neutralised and years of animosity come to an end, a feat that was hailed massively in Garambura and gained the Garamburan National Party major popularity among the electorate. Towards the end of his political career, Kadu also supported increased bilateral cooperation with the emerging economy of Xiaodong, twice meeting Xiaodongese Premier Qian Xingwen in 1982 and 1983. In 1984, he announced his retirement from politics alongside Takakunda Kuda Kani, and did not re-contest his seat in the 1984 presidential election.
Kadu is among the most influential politicians in Garamburan history, having established Garambura's position on the world stage and secured vital international backing during its days of infancy. His outlook in Garambura is generally positive, though some criticise him for his willingness to co-operate with Xiaodong towards the end of his tenure as well as his over-reliance on the nations of Euclea for Garambura's geopolitical relations. In 1990 he was awarded the honourary title of N'anga, a veRwizi title previously used to denote village scientists or doctors in pre-colonial times. He died of an intracerebral hemorrhage in the Aucurian city of Kalnaspilis in 1997. His remains were flown back to Garambura, where a state funeral was held that was attended by dignitaries from over 40 countries.
Early life
Education
Activist career
Political career
Death and legacy
State funeral attendees
- File:ImaguaFlag.png Imagua and the Assimas: Calvin Gregory, Imaguan ambassador to Garambura
Maracao: Bartolomeu Mendonça, Deputy President of the Presidium of the Revolutionary Congress- File:RwizikuruFlag.PNG Rwizikuru: Kupakwashe Ngonidzashe, King of Rwizikuru
Soravia: Belousov Temovchuk, Soravian ambassador to Garambura- Template:Country data Estmere: David Russell, President of Estmere
- Template:Country data Estmere: Diane Smith, Estmerish ambassador to Garambura,
