Alex Marwick

Alex Marwick
Alex Marwick about to take the presidential oath
President of Lauchenoiria
In office 10 July 2019 – 29 April 2020
Prime Minister	Josephine Alvarez
Preceded by	Rogelio Paloma
Succeeded by	Emilia Obando
Personal details
Born	Alexander Marwick (1989-08-22) August 22, 1989 Summersea, Lauchenoiria
Nationality	Lauchenoirian
Political party	Lauchenoirian Democratic Alliance

Alex Marwick (born 22nd August 1989) was President of Lauchenoiria from July 2019 until April 2020. During the Second Lauchenoirian Civil War, Marwick ran a popular pro-resistance radio station, and won the first post-Haven Accords Presidential Election in a surprise victory for his fledgling Lauchenoirian Democratic Alliance (LDA). However, his presidency was mired with controversy, and the LDA collapsed soon after.

Early life

Marwick was born in 1989 in a suburb of Summersea. His mother had one daughter, Lizzie, born in 1984. He was his father's first child. He was raised alone until the age of 11, when his sister and his niece, who had previously lived with her father, came to live with his family after getting pregnant at 16.

Wartime radio station

At the beginning of the Second Lauchenoirian Civil War, Marwick was a PhD student at the University of Melissa City. When the university was shut down by the Chaher regime, Marwick started an illicit pro-Lauchenoirian Resistance radio station and website, the latter of which was blocked by the government. This became one of the primary sources of news for anti-government forces. He used his channels to advocate for an anti-communist revolution.

Presidency

The Marwick presidency was mired with controversy. While the role is designed to be largely ceremonial, Marwick took a more active involvement in day-to-day domestic politics, which led to much criticism. Several members of the LDA defected to other parties after Marwick posted a series of 'sexist' memes depicting Kerlian Councillors. Calls to impeach Marwick spread across social media after Marwick decided to extradite a Shuellian aid worker.

Extradition crisis

Marwick was criticised by leaders of many countries, most notably Sanctaria for his handling of an extradition request by Shuell for an aid worker who attempted to defect to Lauchenoiria. He urged Parliament to pass an amendment to Lauchenoirian extradition law allowing extraditions to countries with the death penalty. He attempted to extradite serial killer Jasmine Eddington to Kerlile, however Eddington successfully challenged his decision in court. Eddington was, however, later extradited to Sanctaria.

Family

When Marwick was 15 years old, his 20-year-old half-sister Lizzie (surname is unknown) defected to Kerlile along with her four-year-old daughter. She was kicked out of her father's house at the age of 16 after becoming pregnant, and lived with Marwick and their shared mother for four years. In 2015, Lizzie was executed in Kerlile for unknown reasons.