John Courtenay

General Information
John Courtenay is a Dranish politician, MP and current chairman of the right-wing Grand National Party. He also serves as leader of the opposition.

Life
He was born in Cabo San Feras in 3294 into a middle-class family and attended the local high school from 3310 to 3312. During that time, he became interested into politics was elected head boy in 3311. He also got involved in the student wing of the Grand National Party, the Libertarian Students Movement, and became its chairman in 3313. While studying economics at university, he continued to build his political career by running for councillor in his home town.

In May 3318, he won a seat for Cabo San Feras in the federal Parliament. As MP, he focused on fiscal, economic and infrastructural affairs and frequently advocated the privatization of infrastructure as well as the deregulation of the economy. According to his self-description, his political positions are "neo-liberal".

Throughout his years in the Parliament, he gained a reputation of being a competent economist. When Jennifer Howard resigned as GNP chairwoman in 3322, he was a candidate for her succession, however he was eventually considered too young by the party leadership, being only 28 years old at that time. However, the GNP had already had younger leaders before, including its founder Larissa LeCoultre.

In 3331, he finally managed to take over the lead when he succeeded Edward Heyworth, who had resigned due to an unsuccessful election.