Edouard Arne Kirk

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High Marshal (Ret.) Dr.

Edouard Arne Kirk

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President Edouard Arne Kirk.jpg
Official portrait, 2015
13th President of the United Republic of Calradia
In office
January 5, 2010 (2010-01-05) – January 5, 2020 (2020-01-05)
Vice PresidentBennett Mansell
Preceded byDavid Ives
Succeeded byRowan Allen
Senator of the United Republic
from Rhodokia
In office
January 2, 1997 (1997-01-02) – January 2, 2010 (2010-01-02)
Preceded byCilian R. Breen
Succeeded byOscar Ryan
Minister of Defense
In office
July 14, 1996 (1996-07-14) – January 2, 1995 (1995-01-02)
PresidentCharles Gibbard
Preceded byJerome Ashthorn
Succeeded byNigel S. Marlowe
Personal details
Born(1933-06-13)June 13, 1933
Jamiche, Rhodokia, United Republic of Calradia Calradia
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
United Calradia Party (1999-2013)
Spouse(s)
Sharon Kirk
(m. 1960; died 2016)
Children
ResidencePraven Prime Palace
Alma mater
  • Point Providence Military Academy (BS)
  • University of Dortenheim (MA)
  • Dukeman University (PhD)
Occupation
  • politician
  • military officer
  • academic
  • writer
AwardsMedal of Valor
Exemplary Defense Service Medal
Medal of Temporal Merit
Medal of the Wounded Soldier (2)
Military service
Allegiance Calradia
Branch/serviceCalradian Republican Army
Years of service1955-1995
RankHigh Marshal
CommandsHigh Commander of the Calradian Republican Armed Forces
Commander of the Calradian Republican Army
Chairman of the PEA Armed Services Committee
3rd Army
VI Combined Corps
9th Combined Division
17th Combined Division
9th Swadia Regiment
8th Battalion, 9th Swadia Regiment
10th Special Command Battalion
Battles/warsFirst Global Conflict
The Inforian Strife
Lievian War
Kolechian-Arstotzkan War of 1979-82
Operation Steadfastness
Second Global Conflict

Edouard Arne Kirk (born 12 June 1933) is a Calradian statesman, retired army general, and writer who served as the 13th President of the United Republic from 2010 to 2020. A well-experienced military officer, he was appointed as High Commander of the Calradian Republican Armed Forces in the leadup to the Second Global Conflict, and coordinated some of the most consequential operations that led to the Alliance's victory, including Operation Shatterpoint and Operation Red Crucible. After a transition into politics through his tenure as the Minister of Defense, and a short yet memorable tenure as a Senator from Rhodokia, Kirk was nominated by the UCP as its presidential candidate and won the presidential election in 2010 in a landslide, defeating then-President David Ives.

Early life

Education and early military career

First Global Conflict (1956-1959)

Post-bellum and the 1979 political crisis

In Arstotzka

Second Global Conflict (1993-1995)

Portrait of Kirk as High Commander, 1995

Retirement from military and Minister of Defense (1995-1996)

As Senator from Swadia (1997-2010)

2009 presidential campaign

President (2010-2020)

Personal life

Political positions

Public image and legacy