Aleph Marciunjauskas

Mese Aleph Marciunjauskas
Official portrait, 1944
7th Grand Marshall of the Union
In office April 2, 1944 – March 20, 1952
Preceded by	Louvi Saracoupo
Succeeded by	Leo Poneneo Soteneo
Marshall of Congress
In office June 28, 1941 – February 22, 1944
Preceded by	Marco Broneo
Succeeded by	Petro C. Eoardeo
Marshall of SE Tuscinum
In office August 15, 1938 – June 28, 1941
Preceded by	Mario Guilome
Succeeded by	Leo Arboreo
Chairman of the Vanguardist Party
In office March 11, 1941 – March 20, 1952
Preceded by	Marco Broneo
Succeeded by	Leo Poneneo Soteneo
Leader of the Opposition
In office March 11, 1941 – April 2, 1944
Preceded by	Marco Broneo
Succeeded by	Julio Faeo
Leader of the Vanguardist Opposition
In office August 15, 1938 – June 15, 1941
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Marco Broneo
Senator from SE Tuscinum
In office August 15, 1938 – July 1, 1944
Personal details
Born	(1896-07-06)July 6, 1896 Marinicum, The Eisley
Died	February 19, 1985(1985-02-19) (aged 88) Porto Enateo, New Illyricum
Resting place	Palace of the Fish, Porto Enateo
Political party	Vanguardist Party
Spouse(s)	Luçia Mariana (m. 1924, died 1931)
Domestic partner	Julia Harama
Children	7
Parents	Mercuçeo Marciunjauskas
Alma mater	Nyapthus Military College
Occupation	Politician, soldier
Signature
Military service
Branch/service	New Illyrian Armed Forces
Years of service	1917–1952
Rank	General Grand Marshall
Commands	All (Grand Marshall)
Battles/wars	Rakhmani Civil War Creeperian Civil War South Ecros War

Aleph Marciunjauskas (July 6, 1896 - February 22, 1985) was a New Illyrian politician and soldier who served as the seventh grand marshall of the union from 1944 to 1952. Marciunjauskas also served as the marshall of congress from 1941 to 1944 and as the marshall of SE Tuscinum from 1938 to 1941. During his premiership, Marciunjauskas led New Illyricum into the Creeperian Civil War and the South Ecros War and instituted a series of policies, known as Alephones, which suppressed political opposition and oppressed ethnic minorities.

Marciunjauskas was born in Marinicum, The Eisley, in 1896, as the son of Mercuçeo Marciunjauskas, an Eisylian politician who was serving in the Congress of The Eisley. Marciunjauskas was raised in The Eisley until 1908, when there was an attempted assassination of his father, which forced the family to flee The Eisley to Secundia. In 1914, Marciunjauskas moved to Nyapthus where he attended Nyapthus Military College, which he graduated in 1917.

Following his graduation, Marciunjauskas enlisted in the New Illyrian Foreign Army and was soon deployed to Rakhman to serve in the Rakhmani Civil War. While in Rakhman, Marciunjauskas rose in the military command ladder, becoming a general in 1921. Marciunjauskas led New Illyrian forces at the Battle of Okhansk and later co-commanded New Illyrian forces in the March on Uzdev along with Marçeleo Loneçeo. Following the end of the war in 1924, Marciunjauskas returned to New Illyricum and became the lieutenant military supplies secretary, which he would served as for six years before becoming the senior secretary in 1931.

In 1934 Marciunjauskas announced his intent to run for office as the marshall of Nyapthus in the 1934 Nyapthus marshall election. Maciunjauskas was defeated handily by No Man's Party (NP) candidate Eoardeo Loco, however he would continue on in politics, becoming an active member of the Vanguardist Party (AP) in SE Uralis and SE Tuscinum. In the 1938 congressional election, Marciunjauskas helped lead an AP surge, becoming marshall of SE Tuscinum. However, despite a clear AP majority in congress, the AP was defeated in the 1939 marshall election by incumbent grand marshall of the union Louvi Saracoupo of the NP. The AP was defeated because of a personal feud between Marciunjauskas and AP chairman Marco Broneo, which split AP votes.

Following the Green Watch Scandal, Marciunjauskas was elected grand marshall in 1944. Soon after taking office Marciunjauskas announced the Cautica Proclamation, which restarted the usage of the New Illyrian military internationally. Marciunjauskas ordered the usage of New Illyrian troops in the Creeperian Civil War and deployed 15,000 troops to Creeperopolis under Marçelo Ponto. Marciujauskas cracked down on political opposition, instituting strict reforms banning opposition parties as well as public dissent. Marciunjauskas was widely considered to be a dictator and his policies were criticized as "backward and tyrannical" by Broneo and other opponents. In the South Ecros War from 1945 to 1948 Marciunjauskas served as the commander-in-chief of the New Illyrian Armed Forces and helped design the Calaneasan Offensive.

Following the Treaty of Lavignole and the end of the South Ecros War, the New Illyrian economy took a heavy downturn and Marciunjauskas became increasingly unpopular. With the growing economic crisis in The Eisley, Marciunjauskas was forced to heavily loan the struggling nation, increasing the strain on the New Illyrian economy. After a series of protests in 1951, Marciunjauskas considered resigning from office. In the 1951 congressional election Marciunjauskas lost his senatorial support, and in the 1952 marshall election was handily defeated by Leo Poneneo Soteneo.