Jack Vincent, Jr.

Jack Vincent, Jr. (b. 22 February 2501, d. 30 December 2578) was an Alorian politician and son of fellow-President Jack Vincent, Sr.. He was a member of the Moderate Libertarian Party.

Jack Jr. was born in Kurmal Province, the youngest of six children. He graduated from Kurmal University in 2522 with a BA in public administration. Jack Jr. then went on to earn his MPA in public policy from Ivy University in 2525.

On 21 May 2526 he married Lela Castalano. They had no children.

From 2523-2526, he worked for his father, who served in parliament at the time. After his father won the presidency in 2526, Jack Jr. was appointed special aide to the president.

After Jack Sr. was defeated for reelection in 2529, Jack Jr. went to work for a libertarian policy think-tank loosely affiliated with the MLP. He worked as assistant policy director and, later, policy director from 2529-2547.

In 2547, he won a seat in parliament. He was reelected in 2551 and 2554. In 2557, the MLP surprisingly nominated him for President and he won. His presidency, however, was one of great turmoil that challenged the notion that the executive branch had sway over the legislative branch.

During his one year in office, Vincent Jr. tried to assert expanded presidential power after MLP parliamentarians tried (and failed) three times to pass a new executive cabinet bill. As a result of the failures, an infuriated Vincent Jr. ordered the current executive cabinet disbanded, and locked all Cabinet heads out of the Executive Office Building. Finance Minister Sojourner Smart challenged the lockout in court.

Chief Judge Carmine Delgado, an MLP appointee, meantime, heard the case and wrote an opinion declaring that Aloria's constitutional "separation of powers" between the Head of Government and the President bars the President from unilaterally shutting down the cabinet. Though Vincent complied with the decision, cabinet business moved to the Lambrecht Office Building, a building rented during the lockout as a temporary cabinet headquarters. The Executive Office Building was later converted first into a homeless shelter, and later a museum.

Vincent's attempts to expand executive power backfired and he was not re-elected as the Progressive Coalition retook the presidency in a special election called by parliament in 2558. In general, Vincent Jr.'s presidency is seen as one of the worst in Alorian history. Several years later, in 2561, he made an attempt to run for the presidency but was once again defeated.

Shortly after his brief stint in office, Jack Jr. was surprisingly elected chairman of the MLP. He served in that prominent capacity from 2562 until his death from a heart attack in 2578. He was 77 years old.