Arnold Forrest

Arnold Forrest
16th President of Edward City
Incumbent
Assumed office November 24th, 2008
Prime Minister	Charles Rhodes
Preceded by	Ivan Hansen
Born	May 31, 1956 (age 52) Raccoon City, Edward City
Nationality	Edwardian
Political party	Union of Democratic Centre (1980-1993) United Democrats (1993-present)
Spouse	Jenna Richardson (1982-present)
Children	Elizabeth Forrest
Alma mater	Raccoon City University
Ocupation	Politician
Profession	Economist, politician
Religion	Roman Catholic
Languages	English, Spanish, French, German
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Arnold William Forrest Baldwin (born May 31, 1956) is the 16th and current President of the United Federated States, inaugurated on 24 November 2008. He won the presidential election held on 1 November 2008 with about 59% of the popular vote.

Early life and carreer

Arnold Forrest was born at the Raccoon County Clinic in Raccoon City, Kuma, United Federated States, to Elizabeth Baldwin and William Forrest. In 1974 he attended Raccoon City University where he studied Political sciences and International relations. In 1979, he ended his studies and became a member of the Edwardian federal diplomatic service under President Keonach.

Political carreer

In 1980, he joined the Union of Democratic Centre and rapidly became a well known figure within the party at Kuma. In 1986, he ran for Governor of Kuma and was elected. He would be Governor of Kuma for the next 22 years until 2008. He became the longest serving Governor in the history of Edward City. In 1993, UCD dissolved after an internal struggle for power and Arnold Forrest joined United Democrats, a successor party to UCD founded by the preceding party's founder, Johannes Keonach.

In 2003, there where rumours that he would be running for the Presidential nomination of United Democrats for the 2004 Presidential election. He didn't run, but in 2007 he announced that he would be running for the Presidential nomination in 2008 for that year's elections. In March 2008, he was chosen as the Democrat nominee for Presidency. In November, he won the election and became the 16th President of Edward City.

Presidency

In November 24th, 2008, he was innaugurated and took the oath of office.

Presidents of Edward City

Michael Wilson (1914-1922) · James Davidson (1922-1924) · Edward Kestrel (1924-1932) · Samuel Taylor (1932-1936) · Ted Barret (1936-1948) · Jack Wilson (1948-1952) · Samuel Taylor (1952-1956) · Joan Canellas (1956-1964) · Anthony Suau (1964-1968) · Johannes Keonach (1968-1980) · John Archer (1980-1988) · Alexander Talbott (1988-1992) · Mike Sezinski (1992-1996) · Juan Rodríguez (1996-2004) · Ivan Hansen (2004-2008) · Arnold Forrest (2008-)