Maximillian de Almagro

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Maximillian de Almagro
Who's Who of Nouvelle Alexandrie
Full Name	Maximillian de Almagro
Birth Date	1672 AN (79 AN years)
Parents	Felipe de Almagro & Melina Toleli
Family	Almagro family
Occupation	Ambassador to the International Mandate
Employer	Department of State (1751– )
Military Service	Corps d'Tirailleurs Alexandrin (1706–1712)
Political Affiliation	Federal Humanist Party
Organizations	ESB
Residence	Tiegang, International Mandate
National Origin	Alexandrian Diaspora
Citizenship(s)	Constancia  Nouvelle Alexandrie

Biography

Born in the Euranikon Resettlement City of Constancia in 1672 AN to Felipe de Almagro & Melina Toleli, both members of the Alexandrian diaspora. Emigrated with his parents to Susa, in the spring of 1675 AN, after his father had accepted a posting with the Honourable Company to support the colonial project that would become Alduria.

Enrolled as a cadet in the training school of the Honourable Company at the age of thirteen in 1685 AN. Participated in the evacuation of the ESB Jaris as part of an extraordinary levy of personnel despatched to support the chaotic operation. Thereafter considered to be amongst the Honoured Sons. Received his baccalaureate in 1690 AN and was thereafter assigned to Apollonian Directorate of the Honourable Company as a scrivener.

Early career

Attached to the staff on the Residency Isle in the International Mandate as a Clerk of the Office in 1691 AN.

Disciplined in 1692 AN for conduct unbecoming at the Blackfriars' Redux. Record of proceedings amended in view of distinguished parentage, with any and all unfavourable findings being thereafter nullified. Transferred to the Vesüha ESB Residency as an Apprenticed Trader by the end of the year.

Dual enrollments into the Humanist Vanguard of the Coalition for Democratic Humanism and the North Lyrica Regional Sector Party of the Federal Humanist Party were arranged in 1693 AN, with directions to the political cadres for Maximillian to receive favourable placements and opportunities being received from on high.

At the outbreak of the Great Vanic Revolt in 1706 AN, Maximillian volunteered to join the Grand Union of Lyrican Vigilance Committees organised by Augustus Strong, later regularised into the Corps d'Tirailleurs Alexandrin. He would return to his duties with the Honourable Company at the conclusion of the revolt.

On the authority of the President of the Council, Maximillian de Almagro, a resident of Beaufort in North Lyrica, and previously an Intendant of Cargo & Customs for the Apollonian Directorate of the Honourable Company, was seconded in the second month of 1716 AN to the Department of National Mobilisation. Upon his appointment he was immediately despatched to New Luthoria to coordinate the pan-governmental Federal and regional contingency preparations. Senor de Almagro received plenipotentiary powers for the duration of his appointment was charged to report directly to the Council of State regarding all matters pertaining to emergency preparedness.

Ascendancy in the FHP

Began his active involvement in politics in the aftermath of favourable reporting of his conduct during the 1715–1716 eruption of Mount Broadshaw and aftermath. Command and control for the relief mission had been coordinated through Maximillian de Almagro, in his capacity as Plenipotentiary Official of the Department of National Mobilisation, and the island divided into sectors assigned to the various Federal and international contingents.

Standing as a candidate for the Federal Humanist Party in its stronghold of North Lyrica, Maximillian would enter the Federal Assembly following the general election of 1718.

The beginning of his ascendancy within the FHP was as a direct result of his personal indignation towards the treatment of his father during the Emergency Shipbuilding Program procurement scandal of 1720 AN, sentiments which elided with the increasing radicalisation of the Humanist in the peripheral regions and rural states of the Federation, itself a response to the progressive turn in the metropolitan centres as evidenced by the Nouveau Wave. Whilst his father had aligned historically with the technocratic tendency that would eventually give rise to Pragmatic Humanism, Maximillian found himself adopting a stance closer to that taken by the Traditionalists around Augustus Strong, with whom his father had feuded.

Held the Department of Defense and the Vice-Premiership during the Presidency of Paolo Antonio Aguilar (1723-1729).

Authorised Tranche One exports of 211x Athena Air Defense Systems to the Benacian Union in 1729 AN.

His enduring opposition to the Nouveau Wave would manifest as he criticised students involved with the movement for their disruptive activism, suggesting a lack of commitment to their studies and proposing harsh financial repercussions.

His legislative record was sparse but he did present the Western Valencia Admission Act, 1726.

Electoral defeat

As the nominated candidate for premiership, Maximillian would lead a spirited campaign during the 1729 general election. In spite of a powerful campaign of mass mobilisation and propaganda, the FHP would suffer a defeat at the hands of the Federal Consensus Party, forcing the Humanists to endure an extended period in opposition.

Would head the FHP Shadow Council of State between 1729 and 1734, with his tenure mostly focused upon efforts to resist his ouster by rival cliques within the National Sector Party and the Regional Sector Heads.

Whilst mostly immiserated by his experience of opposition politics, Maximillian did enjoy the opportunity afforded to offer caustic commentaries on the misfortunes of the government during scandals such as those occasioned by the Buccho Affair:

• 2.VI.1733: Maximilian de Almagro reportedly spent the greater part of a business lunch with industry leaders in Beaufort mocking the FCP and their apparent failure to "perform due diligence on every little bit on the side they happen to take a fancy to." Between generous gulps of wine, Maximilian went on to remark further, saying "Imagine flaunting your latest tart in front of the press without having had the commonsense to at least perform a basic background check? Does the FCP even have an internal security division?"
• 4.VI.1733: seemingly invigorated by his lunch two days previously, Maximilian de Almagro delivered a formal question to the government via the Federal Assembly concerning the status of Captain Gareth Llewellyn and the Calbain Interests Section at the Craitish Embassy in Cardenas.

His downfall would come after the debacle of the 1734 general election, as the Co-Archons withdrew their support and the Central Secretariat swiftly made arrangements for his ouster and replacement by his former running mate Juan Pablo Jimenez.

Whilst he would continue on, ostensibly as deputy leader in the Federal Assembly, Maximillian's time as a political figure at the national level was nearing a close, and in 1739 AN he would not seek re-election.

Notably there would be no place found for Maximillian in the subsequent Humanist governments between 1739 and 1749.

Subsequent career

Inaugural Director of the Federal Harmonisation and Coordination Service in 1750 AN, his departure from the position would however be expedited in the following year as internal, classified, government reviews determined that Maximillian had been led into initiating Operation Faun by a strategic disinformation campaign designed to divert the attention of the authorities away from the network of progressive-corporate corruption uncovered during the Pact of Shadows scandal. The antipathy felt by de Almagro towards the Nouveau Wave on account of past conflicts was sufficient to encourage him to place more credence upon rumours of public sector collusion than the threadbare evidence had warranted.

Ostensibly, and in the formal record thus recorded, Maximillian had been recognised for a lifetime of service by his appointment in mid 1751 AN as the new Ambassador to the International Mandate in Tiegang, replacing Félix Oliver who had been in post there longer than anyone could remember.

Family

Partners

Married in 1702 AN to Clara Paige, one of the myriad of émigrés in the service of the Honourable Company and the Imperial State of Constancia with no clear delineation as to which entity they happened to be serving at any given moment.

Issue

The union with Clara Paige would yield two sons, Raoul (1708) and Felipe-Maximillian (1711), both of whom would receive Humanist educations in Raspur.