Robert Cassidy

Robert Walker Cassidy is an Alorian nationalist politician, and member of the Cassidy-family, a famous political family in Aloria.

Early life

He was born on November 29, 2495, in Ultran City, as second son of Paul Cassidy and Mary Henderson. His father was a well-known Ultranian politican and longterm member in the Ultranian parliament. Robert is one of the three Cassidy-brothers: his older brother is John D. Cassidy, who was Prime Minister of Aloria from 2629-2635, and his younger brother is Edward Cassidy, who was Minister of Defence from 2625-2629 and Minister of Trade and Industry from 2629-2633. Robert isn't married, he is known as a charming, elegant playboy. During the 2630's, he had a longtime romance with Josephine Miller.

He attended the University of Ultran, studying Laws, and after his graduation he started as a lawyer in Ultran. Shortly after that, he became an active member of the Alorian Nationalist Party, a new party his older brother founded some years before. In 2623 he was elected as member of parliament for the Nationalist Party. Robert became a strong opposer of abortions and gay-rights, as he was one of the most conservative politicians in parliament. Under his guidence, the NP proposed some anti-abortion and anti-gay-marriages laws, but with no succes. In 2625, he ran campaign for presidential candidate Bernard Rosenberg, as the Cassidy-brothers gained Rosenberg massive supported in their province, Ultran.

Minister of Justice

In 2625 the NP won plurality in parliament, and NP's Rosenberg became president. Under Rosenberg, Robert became Minister of Justice. As a minister, he campaigned for a strong anti-drugs and anti-violence policy. He wanted the yought to grew up under good, moral values without explicit sex, drugs and violence. His plans gained much support from the most conservative parts of the country, but weren't backed by the governments coalition-partner MLP, and therefor most of his plans failed.

As Minister of Justice, he had to take care of the arrest of communist leader Lucien Kannaly. During the first years of the Rosenberg-administration, Cassidy arrested several prominent communist party-members, but he wasn't able to enjail Kannaly. This resulted in the communist uprising in the late 2620's, wich led to the lost of the elections in 2629. It was then that his brother, John Cassidy, stepped down as NP-leader, and Robert was endorsed as the new leader. As the new NP-leader, he set up a new party-program, getting rid of the moderate policy the party went through during his brothers leadership.

He remained Minister of Justice under presidents Franco (2629-2633) and Hamshee (2633-). Under the latter, he was able to establish the conservative legislation the NP wanted so desperatily. In 2634 he set up a Media Code, together with the Minister of Culture, wich banned most sexual and violent material from radio and television.