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Jack Donnelley was born in 3238, and has been a member of the Coburan Left Party since 3256

Early Life
Donnelley was born in 3238, to an upper class family living in Crystal Tokyo in Cobura. He went to school from 3244 to 3257, after which he studied sociology at a private school in Hudson City, the nation's capital, from 3258 to 3265.

Radical youth
Jack Donnelley, like the now-adult generation before him, as these years were like many other years in this period: dominated by the conservative liberal and right-wing national populist political parties. At an unknown point, he joined a radical youth movement called the People's Revolutionary Force (PRF). The PRF was dedicated to ending the rise of influence of the neo-nazi movements in Cobura at the time. His family condemned him for this, and tried to boycott him and his affairs. Donnelley was involved in several riots and demonstrations in and around the capital, and was arrested at least twice. However despite his radical ideas and sympathies, he had since 3256, when he was 18, been a member of the democratic and liberal socialist Left Party. Around the 3260s, he settled down in a small appartment in downtown Hudson, and never participated in violent demonstrations again.

Political Career
After he had joined the political Left Party, and his influence had increased significantly, he decided in 3260 to run for a seat in the Federal Assembly, the national legislature. He failed, however, but was however given a seat in the Irkawa State Assembly.

Local politics
He soon got to know that due to internal problems within the party, it would not run for the next election. He learned that it was due to the left- and right-wings of the party not managing to agree on the matter of whether or not the party should move towards the centre (and social democracy), or stay on the left (with its current liberal socialism). Thus Donnelley was excluded from the State Assembly in 3243, and wasn't allowed to try to get re-elected before in 3271 though.

National politics
In the 3271 federal election, he primarily ran for a seat in the Federal Assembly, and he won it with 42% of the votes in his constituency. This allowed him to represent the Left Party on a national level, and influencing the party's decisions.

Party leader
After the resignation of Sofia Meritacros as party leader, he also ran for party leader in 3272. Spectacularily, he won this election as well, with 53% of all the votes. There were only two other candidates, one of them being party veteran Edward Copper, with 31%.

He started taking care of the party's affairs in 3273, and it is unknown where he will lead it. This is because he is not a member of any of the internal factions of the party. Yet it is expected that he will lead the party towards the centre, in order to make a compromise with the party's current coalition partners, as the party has previously been considered too left-wing to be a member of government.