Maria Akison

Maria Akison was a politician who rose through the ranks in Rio De Janerio to become its Governor. After serving on the Rio De Janerio City Council for eight years, Akison ran for mayor and won, becoming mayor for five years. As mayor she rose the city out of poverty and crime and significantly increased infrastructure, health, and education funding. It's widely believed the city of Rio has had NDP mayors for decades consecutively because of how quickly she was able to turn the city around.

Akison went on to become Attorney General of the entire state of Rio for six years and was involved in many womens' rights and animals' rights cases. She became very popular and went on to win the Governor election in 2220. Akison then served as Governor for seven years, focusing primarily on Education and Healthcare, and was popular there as well, except for a few short issues that arose in 2225.

Akison was the NDP nominee for President in 2228 but lost to President Tyler Osen by 10% of the vote. Akison went on to run for Parliament in 2230 and stayed as Shadow Minister of Economics for 10 years. During her time in that post she did lots of speaking around the nation and loads of charity work. She was also a vocal opponent of Chancellor Kuturn's lack of manners and terrible policies.

Akison became the first person ever to get their party's nomination for President twice when she ran again in 2240 and to her surprise, had little opposition. Akison went on to win a close election in the 2240 Presidential Election and became the third female President and sixth President of Cantonia in 2240. Akison became one of the most popular Presidents in history and went on to win the largest electoral margined victory ever in Cantonia in the 2246 Presidential Election taking just shy of 73% of the vote.

Akison faced off against former Chancellor Paul Rosef in the 2252 Presidential Election and beat her record six years earlier, winning 73.2% of the vote against Rosef in an historic landslide. She served for a total of 18 years, leaving office in 2258, tying with two other Presidents for the longest tenure in national history.

Akison was succeeded by James Bryant on June 2nd, 2558.