Jean-Luc B. d'Est

Template:Infobox politician Jean-Luc B. d’Este was born on June 2nd, 1939 in Charbonne to a fisherman’s family. His father owned two fishing boats, which he operated on the rivers and lakes connecting Lac Transversale. The oldest of 4 boys, Jean was a pivotal member of his father’s fishing business from an early age. He began attending school at the St. Ambrose Academy in Transversale, Charbonne at the age of 6. He graduated from high school in 1951, and did not attend college. Rather, he began working in a de-isolation activist group, working in the Charbonne Provincial Senate with its “de-isolation” caucus. He was able to rise in the civilian ranks in the de-isolation movement, and gain public popularity, which was able to get him elected as his local district’s local representative in 1960. He served 2 terms as a representative, before he was elected as the governor of Charbonne in 1974. He served as Governor of Charbonne from 1974-1988, when he decided not to run for re-election, but instead hoped at a nomination to the National Assembly by his successor. He was nominated, and served as Charbonne’s National Assemblyman until 2005. During this time period, he was also nominated to the position of Vice Chairman of the Christian Democratic Party. He became close friends and an important political ally of Chairman, and Assemblyman from Terre-Moyenne, Marques Swen. In 2004, they announced their campaign for the offices of president and vice president. They won the election by a 9-6 vote, and were inaugurated in the spring of 2005. Following their election, d’Este and Swen pushed pro de-isolation legislation and policies, which recently culminated with Duquesne’s induction into the JDF, and the recent trade deal with The Federation. d’Este called the JDF induction his premier political achievement, saying, “Spending your whole life fighting for an issue in politics, and to see what you have been working towards your whole life come to fruition, is something that every politician dreams of. I am honored to have been one of these people, and I will always treasure this public service mission that I accomplished with President Swen, and countless others throughout my career.”