Ewan Thorcaill
His Excellency Ewan Thorcaill | |
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.jpg) Official portrait, 2016 | |
| President of Hapatmitas | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Nicola Ferguson |
| Governor of Rinnfriu-Dunphris | |
| In office 1 January 2008 – 31 December 2015 | |
| Preceded by | TBD |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
| Mayor of Sturgeon | |
| In office 1 January 2004 – 31 December 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Ben Macpherson |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Cole-Hamilton |
| Sturgeon Municipal Councilor for 4th Central Sturgeon District | |
| In office 1 January 1996 – 31 January 2003 | |
| Preceded by | TBD |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 April 1964 Greenock, Dunangall, Hapatmitas |
| Political party | National Democratic Union |
| Education | Mamepachead University (BS, JD) |
Ewan Aonghais Thorcaill is a Hapatmitasian politician and former barrister serving as the President of Hapatmitas since 2016. A member of the National Democratic Union, Thorcaill formerly served as the governor of Rinnfriu-Dunphris from 2008 to 2015, mayor of Sturgeon from 2004 to 2007, and a Sturgeon city councilor from 1996 to 2003.
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Early life and education
Ewan Aonghais Thorcaill was born in South Hampstaer Hospital in Greenock, Dunangall, on 13 April 1964. He is the eldest of three sons born to Henry Thorcaill, a district court judge, and Melissa Aonghais, a former dentist. His younger brother, Robin, is a lawyer and his youngest brother, Alex, is a dentist. Thorcaill's paternal line descends from a long line of aristocrats and government officials. Thorcaill's maternal line descends from a name of renowned Hapatmitasian physicians, private practitioners, and dentists across Greenock, Banchar, and Peairtchu.
Thorcaill graduated in 1991 from the economics and law Leverbhagh College at Mamepachead University, one of the most nationally renowned and challenging research universities in the country.
Business career
After graduate school, Thorcaill pursued a marketing internship at Rethsmead Consultative and Law Firm. In 1992, when he passed the TBPN exam, Thorcaill became a junior attorney for Rethsmead, which had rebranded to the Rethsmead & Sheridan Law Firm. He pursued multiple trials that involved market and economic fraud. Thorcaill left the private sector in 1996 to pursue his political career after his success in being nominated as the National Democratic Union (ADN) candidate for a Sturgeon councilorship.
Early political career
Municipal councilor for Sturgeon
Thorcaill was selected as the ADN candidate for the 4th Central Sturgeon district councilorship in June 1996. After his inauguration, Thorcaill became one of the most influential members of the municipal council, responsible for proposing the city-wide Transport-Sturgeon fare system in 2001. Thorcaill was also a leading figure in initiating a lowering of the unpopular income-corporate relations tax in the city. Thorcaill was also selected as the next president-pro-tempore of the city council in late September of that year, following his predecessor's death.
Thorcaill later resigned from the council in early 2003 to run for the National Democratic Union primaries for the Sturgeon mayorship.
