Daniel Lucas (Ebrary)
Daniel Lucas | |
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 Daniel Lucas in 2007 | |
| 1st Sovereign Protector of Ebrary | |
| Assumed office 15 June 1983 | |
| President |
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| Preceded by | Office established Marco IV as King of Ebrary |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 1964–1966 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 Feb 1936 |
| Citizenship | Ebrarian |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Egschwil Christian University |
| Occupation | Pastor, politician |
Daniel Gio Lucas (born 27 February 1936) is an Ebrarian Christenist pastor, revolutionary, and the first and current Sovereign Protector of Ebrary, in office since 1983.
Early life
Lucas was the third child born in the small village of Dubros, in northern Opa Province, to Gulielmo Lucas and Maria Ferrero. He had two older brothers, and two younger brothers and a younger sister. His father was of Ebraricized Vorstish descent while his mother was of mixed Ebrarian and Vorstish ancestry. His father was a traveling salesman and veteran of the Ebrarian Republican Army in the Ebrarian Civil War and his mother was a homemaker. Lucas's father was raised as a Parishist but did not attend church, and his mother was a devout Ebraricist and regularly took Lucas and his siblings to church services. Neither Lucas's father nor mother spoke Vorstish, and Lucas did not learn the language himself until his late 30s.
Daniel Lucas attended Egschwil Christian University from 1955 - 1959, receiving a Bachelor's Degree in theology. Lucas married Anna (née Rodrigo) in 1960. They had two children together, a daughter Mariah (born 1962) and son Paulo (born 1963).
Early political and religious career
Lucas ran for office as a member of the Christian Social Movement in his home village of Dubros, winning a seat in the lower house (Chamber of Deputies) of the Parliament of the then-Kingdom of Ebrary. Lucas held this seat until 1966 when the Christian Social Movement was banned for subversive activities under the authority of the King, and Lucas was imprisoned for three years in a prison in northern Adansema. He was released after the monarch issued a blanket pardon of all members of the party, but one condition of this release was that those pardoned would never again run for political office in Ebrary.
Unable to return to politics, Lucas was able to find a spot in 1971 as a pastor of a small congregation of the Christenist Union of Ebrary in northern Laverna province. It was during this period in which Lucas began his prolific and controversial writings concerning politics, theology, and philosophy. This era of the late 60s and into the 70s was known as the 4th Great Rebirth, an era of increased religious fervor in Ebrarian society, and Lucas's writings became exceptionally influential during this time. He was jailed for six months in 1974 for sedition, and found guilty and sentenced to time served.
Leader in the Dominionist movement
During his time in prison, Lucas met fellow prisoner Jacobo Castello. Castello had previously been an activist as part of the Christian Social Movement, but had been jailed for four years as an accessory in the failed assassination of the head of the Ebrarian Secret Police. After leaving prison, Lucas and Castello both became prominent figures in the Christian Dominionist movement which taught the primacy of Biblical law, and opposed the secular Ebrarian monarchy and foreign influence. The dominionists, fueled by the 4th Great Rebirth, gained in power and influence. Lucas and Castello founded the Christian Good Governance Society, the most prominent of Dominionist organizations. However, a large number of other groups were also influential, and the dominionists also found allies in the embattled Ebrarian labor movement.
Ebrarian Revolution
In 1977, King Marco III died and was succeeded by his unpopular son Marco IV. Lucas and his organization took advantage of this situation, increasing criticism of the government and organizing militias of citizens opposed to the embattled king. This effort culminated in the 1980-1982 Ebrarian Revolution.
Amid public tensions between Lucas and the Marco IV, anti-monarchy protests in Ebrary's major cities began in the spring of 1980 and continued well into the fall months of that same year, but died down during the winter months until the national treasury building was burned down by a group of protesters in Jan 1981. This sparked more violent riots particularly in the capital of Ceres.
Marco IV fled Ebrary to Great Anglia on 1 Mar 1981, leaving Ebrary under the regency of his elderly uncle and the weak Prime Minister who was holding together a fragile coalition government. Daniel Lucas was escorted into Ceres by a Christian militia and was greeted by thousands of Ebrarians on 5 May 1981. The royal regent fled to the city of Urtedo and loyalists to the royal government continued fighting to hold onto the city of Urtedo until 15 February 1982, when militiamen and rebel troops overwhelmed troops loyal to the King in urban combat, bringing Lucas to power. Lucas was declared Interim President on 16 Feb 1982.