Oswald Aethalstan Dalhun

Oswald Aethalstan Dalhun, born 14 5 1960 is a Grenedeneish politician, and the current Tacyn of the Republic. Becoming involved in the Grenedeneish Peoples' League of True Socialists in the 1970's during his later teen years as a member of the Grenedeneish Peoples' Scouts, the state sponsored youth organization, Dalhun made his way to being a card carrying League member by age 18, and after higher education at the National University of Grenedene in Eagorm, where he studied education, and afterword's completed his national service, becoming a teacher, and soon after a politician, running to be a member of the Fearwitten for his home district of Cyningtūn central, where he received an overwhelming majority of the vote and entered into politics, climbing from many positions and eventually becoming the Minister of Education.

Gaining traction in popularity during the 2010's for his continuation of many programs meant to preserve the welfare of the child, such as the policies of free lunch, cross country mental health awareness week, the requirement of students to take a second language class to graduate, and the gifted student program, which all were under almost every government since he had gained his office, all of which he defended using constitutional action and negotiation, which gave him a regular base.

By the year 2020, Dalhun was the primary candidate, and the one suspected to win at the GFFL congress, and made it through with a higher than suspected majority of support.

Since he gained office, Dalhun has been the target of a large amount of press attention and criticism, especially with how his government has reacted to attempts from the Tyrdeneish Government to nationalize their own militia, as well as in their seeking of greater autonomy, with the Tacyn on multiple occasions referring to dissent from the region as "typical rabble rousing and terrorism." He has also been criticized for the lack of change which the government has brought about in this current term, as well as for a lack of an outright plan to deal with the current economic issues of the state.

Early life, education, and career
Born on 14 Weinara 1960, in the Cyningtūn National Maternity Ward, he is the first and only son of Aethalstan Aelfred Dalhun, and Mariam Cathal (née Dal Briain) Dalhun. His father was a tailor who was known for his work with denim that was rather unique for the time and lead to his store being very popular with young people, his store was originally founded in Ballynary where Aethalstan received his education, his mother, born in Ballynary a daughter of notable political figures met Aethalstan at his story during her teenage years, when she was 18 and the Aethalstan was around 22. The two were married in 1959, a year after they met, and moved to Cyningtūn, where they had their daughter Sofia, and where Dalhun was born.

Dalhun was educated at Cyningtūn Center Primary, and then the Cyningtūn Center Secondary, joining the Grenedeneish Peoples' Scouts at the abnormally old age of 16, in a period of repression at the hand of the Dal Eagorm Government. He was admitted to the National University of Grenedene at Eagorm, a member of the University's GFFL branch, he was involved in the student legislature and multiple times was noted to get into heated debates with figures who voiced anti-GFFL opinions. While in the National University, he studied history and education, gaining a bachelors degree in history and a masters in education, before being sent of to do his national service in the Grenedeneish Land Forces.

His period in the army had him maintain a rather good record, however it was noted by commanders and released in a leak in Grenedeneish internet forms that he supposedly acted "with an extreme lack of empathy towards the Tyrdeneish dissidents", which it then went on to describe as a trait gained after a car-bombing rendered his squad leader dead, who was then pelted with rocks on the street by passerby's.

After his national service, he transferred to the educational world, which he worked in until around 2010.

Cyningtūn City Witten
In 2006 he ran for city council while still acting as an educator, something which is legal within the the area where he was running, he ran for the same place which he would later run from, the block near his apartment close to the local Deist Communion he received the highest first preference vote from the area, as he was known for his social work and for being one of the most well known local educators, with younger people and former students overwhelmingly voting for him in the election, which would inspire his later motto during the congress which would lead to his later Tacynship "The youth demands it!"

Mor Fearwitten
In 2010, he decided to go fully into politics, and with a heavy support base in the area, he was very quickly successful during the general election, having the highest first choice vote, upon entering into politics in the Mor Fearwitten he found himself to be one of the few legislators in the entire Mor Fearwitten who were educators, and was chosen as a member of the Mor Fearwitten committee on education, something which he expressed immense pride in, and quickly fit into as a senior figure in decision making.

Government Minister
In 2014 during the Tyrdeneish Referendum on Independence he was given the role as Minister of Education, where he worked to provide for propper education in the midst of an economic situation that was considered one of the worst in recent history, during the economic downpour he maintained that none of the policies which effected the welfare of the students would under any situation be under threat, the ones commonly mentioned during press at the time were the policies of free lunch, cross country mental health awareness week, the requirement of students to take a second language class to graduate, and the gifted student program. In the news the situation lead to major public and many papers referring to Dalhun as the "Rogue teacher" or "Mister Hood."

His policies kept his name in the news and increased his popularity in the GFFL Congress, where he would eventually gain power as the primary choice to succeed Tacyn Dal Padraig after his plan to massive cut down on budgets proved to not be popular nor effective in assisting the economy, and during the people congress of 2020, Dalhun was selected by popular vote to be the next Tacyn, which the GFFL majority in the Fearwitten confirmed the next day.

Tacynship
In his current and first term, Dalhun has become increadibly spoken of in the news for his policies of increasing government investment in the population rather than massive investment in industrial development, something which has seen a variety of effects, his government has so far also seen a rise on controversy, especially with how his government has reacted to attempts from the Tyrdeneish Government to nationalize their own militia, as well as in their seeking of greater autonomy, with the Tacyn on multiple occasions referring to dissent from the region as "typical rabble rousing and terrorism." He has also been criticized for the lack of development which his government has brought about in this current term, specifically when speaking on the economic change, with economic growth and movement back to the economic boom of the early 2000's not appearing as he once had promise.

His most popular policies are his welfare for the elderly and for the young, with the government investing in a program known as the Young folk program, where men and women born in poor economic backgrounds or who are left without parents can seek more access to school, the program also seeks to ensure that young men are kept away from violence, taught about how to properly react to relationship changes, and taught about how to properly treat women and avoid sexual violence. He has also been a noted supporter of several social change groups, including the Und, Aici? movement, a group which attempts to increase awareness of sex crime and anti-women sentiment within the nation and around the world, and the Anti-Discrimination League of Grenedene, which has a stated goal to expose race, ethnic, or religious based discrimination and find the best ways to eliminate and disperse it.

Honors

 * Grenedene: President of the Order of the White Dragon, which rotates between Tacyns.
 * Grenedene: Legionary of the Grenedeneish Legion of the Revolution
 * Grenedene: Hero of the Grenedeneish Peoples Republic for service in the 1987 Unrest in Tyrdene
 * Grenedene: Peoples Teacher of the Peoples Republic
 * Grenedene: Cavalier of the Order of the Red Flag
 * Grenedene: Medal for the 1987 Unrest in Tyrdene