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Evan Bennett was born November 5th, 2261 on Wesley, Naboo to a fairly middle class family. Evan is currently a member of the Galactic House of Representatives from the mining district he has worked in since he was 22 years old when he struck it rich. He is a former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Exon Mobile's mining sector in that area of the galaxy.

Bennett's time in the House has so far been successful with two major sponsorships (one on a bill he authored) for bills involving mining and the economy of the mining industry. He intends to also focus on transportation, other economic issues, and the environment, a surprising topic from a mining representatives. He is one of the representatives from sectors and not planets, therefore, his area has only one member of the house and no members of the Galactic Senate. He's been heavily involved in the recent work on the Maldin's Mining charter rewrite.

Early Life
Being born into a large family on a farm in Naboo, Bennett worked hard most of his early life, which he often states as a reason for his profound success, especially at such a young age. At 16 he graduated high school two years early and went on to Wesley University in Naboo where he graduated with a double major in Economics and Engineering, then moving on to get his Juris Doctorate   at Wesley.

Bennett often worked on other farms at a young age as well to get to know other locals and make extra money on the side. He had a 4.2 High school GPA and was considered incredibly bright by most of his teachers, friends and associates.

Mining Career
Bennett moved to the Maldin Mining outpost at 22 shortly before it became a colony of the Republic. Using his advanced economics knowledge and what little savings he had (about 50,000 Republic Dectalions), he managed to invest well and move up quickly in a newcomer company to the local gasoline and fuel fields, Exon, known for their fueling of speeders, not long distance craft. He quickly became very wealthy off of his initial ventures and moved up in the company ranks, eventually owning four of his own mining ships who extracted fuels from the planet of Norvin, a gas giant nine times the size of his home planet of Naboo.

At 26 years old, Bennett became a local leader for the Exon company as it's influence in long distance fuel began to spiral upwards rapidly and the companies stocks tripled. He was very successful in managing his four owned ships, as well as overseeing others in the area.

CEO of Exon
Because of his early successes and immense new power in the region, Exon appointed him CEO for Fuels and Mining and he managed the Maldin and Richie Areas and their mining operations. Over his time as CEO, the companies' influence in long distance fuels doubled, and so did it's share prices (again), allowing him to be one of the most successful CEO's of the company.

In 2290 there was significant talk of him becoming a full time board member for the entire galactic Exon company. It's still unclear whether he turned this down with the intent to run for the congressional seat later that year, or if he simply was never offered the position.

It's estimated he made over 9 million dectalions as CEO of Exon over his three year tenure.

Galactic Congress
After Bennett was involved deeply in getting the Maldin sector recognized as it's own colony in 2289 for the Republic, he decided to run for it's first congressional election. Campaigning on mining, economics, environment and transportation, he won with 56% of the vote totaling 6,154,219 ballots for him. He took office on June 4th of 2291 in the 543rd Galactic Congress. His deputy is Jacob Frenton, the fifty five year old former Chairman of the Region when it was just a sector.

Bennett has so far authored the Mining Responsibilities Act of 2291 and sponsored the Mining Taxation Relief Act of 2219, both aimed at making miners more accountable for their actions and removing heavy taxes on the equipment sold for mining, which helped industries significantly, especially in Maldin (where mining accounts for 92% of the employment).

Bennett recently authored on a Transportation Act involving Mining and Long distance fuel travels that passed 1034-963 in the first round of voting and gave him galactic fame as a member of congress. His party, after seeing his new-found fame, pushed him and his abilities and got him elected Chairman of the House Mining Committee for the remainder of his first term. This pleased mining industries and brought in lots of revenue for the party for the upcoming elections. Bennett also was able to build better economic relationships between these companies and improve the overall mining industry in terms of safety, income, and employee pay, raising the mining minimum wage by 13 dectalions per day.

With the new charter for Maldin complete and the Republic granting Maldin Provincial status as they vied for state-hood, largely due to Bennett's popularity bringing more people and jobs to Maldin that were expected to last well after the mining boom (about 500,00 industry jobs, 200,000 commercial jobs and several large universities focused on mining and engineering), Bennett decided to leave after his first two terms in congress and instead run for Governor of Maldin.

First Term
With Maldin now a provincial state, Bennett became it's first Governor on May 9th, 2295 after four years in the Galactic House of Representatives. Elected Governor on the promise of reforming the local economy to focus more on becoming an important spaceport for trading and an industrial center, Bennett won with 7,254,180 votes, or 54.2%.

Bennett immediately went to work on bringing in new companies to set up factories, a few new universities on-top of their boom, which benefited the moons education, and plenty of more mining jobs. He immediately got the new legislative council to raise the local minimum wage by 15 Dectalions a day, this on top of his previous galactic raise, resulted in harder profits for the companies, so in term, the state removed some of the taxes off mining business. The workers flourished with the extra money and slowly, with the 3 million new jobs in industry and education, the local private sector began to boom, and so did the population.

With the economy of Maldin going so well, the provincial state turned to fixing Healthcare and Retirement Pensions with the state's massive surpluses. Bennett was able to sign in two major reform bills in both sectors, furthering the citizens health and long-term financial security with barely any tax increases. Bennett maintained an approval rating of roughly 82%.

Bennett announced his intent to run for re-election just two years after taking office in 2297.

Second Term
Elected on the promise of continued economic growth, spaceport travel, and more recreational buildings with extra provincial money, Bennett won 62% of the vote in the election for a second term and another two years in office.

During Bennett's second term, the economy continued to grow at about 6% per year, unemployment fell 2 more percent, education scores increased, healthcare coverage increased, and the state flourished in the constantly increasing spaceports on the far side of the Maldin moon. With the mining sector still booming, the mining companies continued to love Bennett's realistic approach to mining policies and firm regulation, but not overly firm. Safety remind a top priority for the administration.

Bennett's use of new recreational cinemas, courses, and other interesting items got citizens more happy, and also assisted the economy in tourism and entertainment in the area, though it leveled the states surplus to merely a balanced budget. Over his last year in office, he kept this very well balanced and was able to improve his approval ratings yet again, this time in the mid-low nineties. Near the end of his second term, Maldin was granted a hearing in congress for statehood as a moon in the Republic.