Carlito Palmeira

The Most Honorable Carlito Palmeira
Palmeira in 1925
Premier of Paretia
In office 7 November 1925 – XX XX 1935
Monarch	Roberta II
Preceded by	Duarte Bonefacio
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Senator of Luzela
In office 5 August 1919 – 7 November 1925
Preceded by	Caio Garcia
Succeeded by	Cézar Passos
Chairman of the New Nation of Paretia Party
In office 16 February 1919 – XX XX, 1935
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	Carlito Suares Palmeira (1898-09-11)September 11, 1898 Felipieo, Luzela
Died	XX XX, 1935 Precea, Luzela
Cause of death	Suicide with handgun
Political party	New Nation of Paretia Party
Spouse	Francisca Fraga
Children	Amílcar
Alma mater	University of Verlois University of Precea

Carlito Palmeira (September 11, 1898 - XX XX, 1935), was a Paretian politician and leader of the functionalist New Nation of Paretia Party. He served as Premier of Functionalist Paretia from 1925 to 1935. He was appointed Premier after he, Paretian military command, and Paretian monarch Roberta II staged a coup to overthrow democratically elected Xulio Sousa in 1925. He was leader of Paretia throughout the Great War alongside the Entente faction. In 1935, when nearly all of Paretia was taken by Grand Alliance forces, he committed suicide to avoid capture.

Early Life

Carlito Palmeira as a young boy scout in 1915 (far-left).

Carlito was born on September 11, 1898 in Felipeio, Luzela, to a middle class family. His father, Henrique, was a lawyer who worked most of the time while his mother, Izabela, stayed at home. He was the oldest of his siblings. Carlito went to a local catholic school and in 1916 went on to study political philosophy at the University of Precea, here he studied the philosophies of various ideologies, including socialism, nationalism, and syndicalism. Here he became an early leader in the right-wing groups at the school, and eventually lead his own political actions organization that helped with right-wing campaigns, known as the Students for the Nation.

During his time at the university he also wrote many papers on his political ideas, many of which would be considered early layout of the ideology of New Nationalism that his future political party would be based upon. He would also take trips to various countries, including Soravia, Werania, and Amathia. In 1918 he took lotice of the Parti Populaire in Gaullica, and wrote that he was supportive of Rafael Duclerque and their ideals.

After his time in college he began to work on creating his own political party, alongside many of his friends, and came to fruition as the New Nation of Paretia Party in 1919.

PNNP Leadership

As the leader of the PNNP he began to make public speeches beginning in 1919, much of his speeches criticized the Paretian government and their handling of the Great Collapse, Kirenian Revolution, and many other pressing issues of the times. Many people would become supportive of him and saw him as a new voice, his party saw it's first victories in 1919 elections, and would see Palmeira gain a seat in the Câmara da Assembleia, but they did not win any seats in the lower house, making Palmeira the sole member of the PNNP in the Senado da Paretia.

After the Parti Populaire took over in Gaullica, he would very be supportive of the new Functionalist government of Duclerque. He stated in 1920 that "The people are realizing that the ways of the old are changing, the ideals of the right-wing are shifting, no longer will crony capitalists and monarchists continue to rob the people". In 1921 his party began to grow immensely in size, and he eventually created a militant wing for the party, though he had trouble trying to form it due to the blockages made by Premier José Monteiro and King Lazarus to stop the rise of radical functionalist and far-left parties. His party's ideology was stated to differ from the ones of Gaullica, and instituted much more socialist and syndicalist ideals into his works. His party took the nickname Novanistas, originally a derogatory word used by members of the SPIT, became a commonly used term by Palmeria himself.

Carlito Palmeia with supporters in Precea, 1921

Palmeira's party saw the support of many well known figures, including religious leaders, businessmen, and the most notable, then Princess and heir Roberta. Roberta had become indulged in functionalism, and eventually met with Palmeira in 1921, and became close friends with him. Palmeira eventually met a close friend of Roberta, Francisca Fraga, a train engineer who was well-known for being one of the first women to drive a train, he became very close with her and they eventually married in 1922. In October 1921 the death of Lazarus lead to the rise of his daughter to the crown. Being a supporter of functionalism she attempted use her power to aid Palmeira on many occasions, but many of these were blocked by Premier Monteiro. In the 1922 election, the PNNP saw massive growth, becoming the 4th largest party in the country and won many seats.

Palmeira considered this to be a great victory for his party, and would expand his party's strength and eventually called for his members to stop the socialist SPIT. The election also saw the rise of Duarte Bonefacio, who was much more docile when it came to the PNNP, and did little to stop Roberta's policies and Palmeira's influence.