Sean Yates

Sean Yates is a Dranish politician and the incumbent President of Dranland.

Ear;y life
Sean Adolfo Yates was born on the second of June in 3462 to Magnus and Dorothy Yates in the city of Ddraig Môr, Loren. His father was a welder while his mother was a devoutly Hosian housewife who planted Hosian values into her son from a early age. Sean was the first born child in a family of seven (4 sons and a daughter) He was an average student at age 12 but very hardworking and obedient and would often help his father with his work.

Sean left school and at age 18 and got an apprenticeship as a welder, his father's trade. He married Alayne Snowe at the age of 22. The two have five children, Sean Jr, Magnus, Dorothy, May and Juliet. At age 31, Yates bought a small plot in the outskirts of Loren and retired from welding to begin a successful farming venture in vegetables. he became interested in the political organisation of famers and also improved his qualifications by reading agriculture at the University of Lore, graduating in 3498. Yates joined the Agruculture Workers Union and rose to its presidency in 3505.

Entry into politics
Yates proved a talented trade union leader and supprted the recreation of the Dranish Agrarian League in 3513. He was elected as an MP in the 3514 elections and would remain in Parliament till March 3427. In the DAL, Yates rose swiftly to Minority Leader and pushed the party's leftist alignment resulting in the 3517 leftwing victory in the elections. Yates beame Vice President of Dranland (and Minister of Defence) under President Sarah Goodwin and remained loyal to Goodwin until the end of her tenure. In opposition, the DAL's factions went to war and the party fell apart in 3522. Yates worked to create a new party allying blue collar workers with agrarian populist and succeeded to do this in October 3523. He led the party into joninig theAlliance of the Left and was viewed by many as a strong armed leader. He was nomiated as the AoL's presidential candidate for 3527 and won in a landslide with more 58% of the vote.