Tobin Pender
Tobin Pender | |
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 Photo of Tobin Pender | |
| State Delegate from Juniper's 1st District | |
| Assumed office 2070 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Salinger |
| Director of the Office of Technological Advancement and Acquisitions | |
| In office 2062–2064 | |
| Director of the Bureau of Intellectual Property, Industry, and Security | |
| In office 2058–2062 | |
| Chief of Staff to the Speaker | |
| In office 2052–2058 | |
| Appointed by | Santiago Franco |
| Preceded by | Joel Liebermann |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Fenn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tobin Pender 2022 |
| Nationality | Icarisian |
| Political party | Traditionalist |
| Profession | Politician |
Tobin Pender is an Icarisian government bureaucrat, politician, and political analyst. Pender currently serves as the State Delegate from Juniper's 1st District.
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Early life and career
Pender held multiple government positions in the Ministry of Infrastructure before entering the political realm.
Political career
Pender's first political role was as Chief of Staff to Will McKenzie as a State Delegate. Pender did well in his position and worked with various other delegates, including Santiago Franco who hand-picked him as his Chief of Staff when he was elected speaker. Pender served as Chief of Staff to Speaker Franco 2052-2058. He then went on to his first leadership position as a bureaucrat as the Director of the Bureau of Intellectual Property, Industry and Security within the RAMP from 2058-2062. He went on to be the Director of the Office of Technological Advancement and Acquisitions within the MoD from 2062-2064.
Pender left the government in 2064 to become a Senior Fellow as Think Tank and a guest lecturer at College from 2064-2067.
He returned to government as the Director of the Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation within the MoD from 2067-2070 before running for a seat in the Council of Delegates.
State Delegate from Juniper's 1st District (2070-2076)
Traditionalist Mark Salinger made his intentions known that he wanted to run for State Minister and would not be running for reelection in his District. Pender seized the opportunity and easily won the Traditionalist Party's nomination. The the general election he won against name by a significant majority.
2076 presidential election
Political views
| Policy | Large/Small | Yes/No | High/Low | Easy/Rigid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government Size | Large | |||
| Renewable Energy Dependence | Yes | |||
| Privatized Healthcare System | No | |||
| Social Market Economy | Yes | |||
| Business Regulation | Low | |||
| Compellance Laws | Yes | |||
| Labor Unions | Yes | |||
| Opt-In Tax System | Yes | |||
| Business Subsidies | No | |||
| Government Spending | Low | |||
| Conscription | Yes | |||
| Domestic Surveillance on Citizenry | No | |||
| Citizenship | Rigid | |||
| Theocracy | No | |||
| Death Penalty | No | |||
| Government-Sponsored Marriage | No | |||
| Abortion | No | |||
| Firearm Regulation | Low | |||
| Universal Public School | No | |||
| Isolationist Foreign Policy | No | |||
| Globalism | Yes | |||
| Free Trade | Yes | |||
| Defense Budget | High |
Trad: 15/23
Lib: 8/20
Work: 9/23
Nat: 8/23
Fed: 11/23
NewF: 13/23
ColPro: 11/23
Personal life
Pender is viewed highly by his peers in the academia and governmental worlds. He is a policy expert, articulate, will concede his viewpoints if a better argument is made and is seen as a "common sense politician". He struggles gaining populist support because he is highly analytical and not always relatable with the common man. He has no family and little is known about his personal life.
