Gabriel Martinez

Gabriel Martinez became the first President of Cobura from the Coburan Socialist Party in 3390. He also served as a Member of Parliament between 3386 and the former year. Among his achievements are the nationalisation of electricity, the creation of over ten thousand free homes for the poor, and the reduction, and eventually destruction, of the national deficit.

Early life and Member of Parliament
Gabriel Martinez was born to a family of southern native Coburan origin, and began working at industrial sites around 3365. He became involved in the trade union movement which stood stronger in Irkawa, the State in which he lived and worked, than the rest of the country. Fifteen years later, he joined the Coburan Socialist Party (CSP), a radical syndicalist party which was founded in 3380.

Martinez participated in the election campaign of 3381, yet the party failed to achieve any seats in Parliament. In 3383 however, the party gained 32 seats, though Martinez himself failed to earn a seat. During the following parliamentary term, the Socialist Party gained much support, in fact over fourty per cent of the voting population said they would vote for the CSP in the next election, according to national polls. This time, Martinez drove a good campaign for is own seat, and was finally elected as an MP in 3386.

First term
After having served four years as a Member of Parliament, Gabriel Martinez was elected by the Communist Refoundation League, a far-left faction of the Socialist Party, as their Presidential primary candidate. He was successfully chosen as the party's Presidential candidate three months prior to the 3390 election. Martinez was described by the media as an open-minded marxist, and he rejected authoritarian marxist-leninism, instead advocating trade unionism, syndicalism and council communism. He won the election the same year, gaining 52.4 per cent of the vote in the Presidential runoff.

Second and third terms
Martinez successfully ran for the elections of 3393 and 3397 as well, becoming a three-term President, and restricted to those three due to term limits. During his terms as President of Cobura he managed to nationalise the electrical grid, and enforce tighter environmental protection. He later received a honorary rank in the Socialist Party.