Jung To
Jung To 姜陀 | |
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| Template:Country data Peitoa President of the Republic of Namor | |
| In office NMR 2264 – NMR 2305 | |
| Vice President | Han Vujang (NMR 2264 - NMR 2285) Gu Kengpin (NMR 2285 - NMR 2296) Jung Ki (NMR 2296 - NMR 2305) |
| Preceded by | Jacob Cho |
| Succeeded by | Jung Ki |
| Template:Country data Peitoa Vice President of the Republic of Namor | |
| In office NMR 2263 – NMR 2264 | |
| President | Jacob Cho |
| Succeeded by | Han Vujang |
| Chairman of the Central Military Coordination Commission | |
| In office NMR 2256 – NMR 2263 | |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 21, NMR 2224 File:AntelopianDynasty.png Lengha, Southern Namor, Antelopian Empire |
| Died | August 2, NMR 2305 (aged 81) Template:Country data Peitoa Novi Namor, Peitoa, Republic of Namor |
| Nationality | Namorese |
| Political party |  Republican |
| Spouse | Kang Tushang |
| Children | Jung Ki Jung Sa Jung Long Jung Wang Jung Pifa |
| Alma mater | Bethlehem University Chorea Imperial Military Academy |
| Profession | Politician |
Jung To (December 21, NMR 2224 - August 2, NMR 2305), courtesy name Tevei (德威), was a general and statesman who served as Vice President of the Republic of Namor during the incomplete fourth term of President Jacob Cho and President of the Republic of Namor from NMR 2264 to NMR 2305.
During his youth, Jung received military training in the Chorea Imperial Military Academy as part of an Antelopian initiative to modernize the Namorese military by learning the ways of foreign armies. Jung defected to the Democratic Brotherhood not so long after returning from Chorea and commanded a regiment of revolutionaries in the Double Fourth Revolution. Amid the schism between Liberal Democrats and Conservatives in NMR 2256, Jung aligned with the Liberal Democrats and was appointed Chairman of the Central Military Coordination Commission. As the highest-ranking military officer in the armed forces of the Mojing government, Jung led the campaign to defeat the Namo government and reunite Namor. In NMR 2263, Jung was appointed Vice President to Jacob Cho, but a year later Cho died and Jung took his place, beginning his 41-year presidency.
Namor experienced many events under Jung's rule. While the country ushered in the "Golden Years" in which the economy grew for the first time in the Republic's history, unrest increased as conflicts between Jung and his political opponents grew. This culminated in Jung's acquisition of dictatorial powers and his order to outlaw Liberationists and Communists in NMR 2268, which led to the outbreak of the Namorese Civil War. Externally, Namor dealt with an increasingly aggressive Chorea; during the Namo-Chorean War, Jung's regime resisted the invading Choreans, enhancing its international image and establishing Namor's place among the victorious Allied powers. But in the civil war that resumed following the Namorese victory, the Republicans were defeated by the Liberationists and Jung To was forced to relocate his government from mainland Namor to Peitoa, where he would spend the remainder of his life.
In Peitoa, Jung To considered the Republic of Namor to be the legitimate government of all Namor and planned to militarily retake the Namorese mainland from the Liberationist People's Republic of Namor. At the same time, he ruled by emergency decree. This led to widespread discontent in the archipelago which caused the Third Peitoa Rebellion, which was ruthlessly suppressed by Jung's forces. Jung died in NMR 2305 from heart failure, and he was succeeded by his son, Jung Ki, who was also Vice President at the time.
Since his death, Jung has left behind a contentious legacy. In mainland Namor, the Liberationists vilified him as a corrupt dictator and opportunist who did what was politically expedient, although in recent years his role in the Namo-Chorean War has been acknowledged by historians. In Peitoa, he is viewed more positively as a leader who secured the archipelago from Liberationist influence, while his authoritarianism has been only recently acknowledged.
Death
In the afternoon of July 31, NMR 2305, Jung suffered a stroke and was rushed to the Novi Namor Republican Hospital. He stayed in a come for about two days before he was declared dead on 10:55 pm in August 2.
A 100-day period of morning was announced after Jung's death. Jung's body was transported from the hospital to the main hall of the National Congress Building, where visitors paid their respects. A state funeral was held, and Jung Ki, Jung To's son, delivered the eulogy, praising his father as "the greatest leader in modern Namorese history" and calling on the people of Peitoa to "fufill the President's will and finish the task of rescuing the mainland from Liberationist tyranny."
Although Jung had intended in his will for his body to be laid in a mausoleum until the Republicans reclaimed the mainland so that he may be buried in his hometown in Southern Namor, the organizing committee of his funeral decided that it was better for Jung to be buried in a tomb, as they feared a mausoleum could be easily targeted by Liberationist warplanes. As such, Jung's body was placed inside what became the Generalissimo's Tomb in Hoige, a small town in Angtoa. Jung's body was positioned so that his head faced the northwest - the direction of Namo, the national capital as inscribed in the RON constitution.
During the Changlang Crisis, the Generalissimo's Tomb was partially damaged by ETO airstrikes. ETO claimed that the tomb was targeted since Republican Namorese artillery had been positioned near the tomb. Since the PRN took control of Peitoa in NMR 2368, there have been plans for Jung's body to be relocated to Southern Namor as a symbol of reunification and reconciliation between mainland Namor and Peitoa. However, they have yet to become realized.