Jean-Michel Lavaud
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| Full Name | Jean-Michel Lavaud |
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| Birth Date | 16.IV.1628 AN |
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| City and Region of Residence |  Roanne, Wechua Nation
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Jean-Michel Lavaud is a New Alexandrian politician, lawyer, soldier, and noble. In 1690 AN, he succeeded Alejandro Campos as President of the Government of Nouvelle Alexandrie, becoming the Federation's head of government. Lavaud was born in Triegon, Alexandria (now in Natopia) on 16.IV.1628 AN. His father was a General in the Alexandrian armed forces, his mother was a college professor.
After serving in the Alexandrian military, he studied at the Imperial University of Alexandria (IUA) in Triegon, where he first graduated with a bachelor's in political science and business administration. He obtained his Juris doctorate from the Triegon School of Law. Moved to Cardenas, Santander with his family after college, where he became a business owner.
After the collapse of Alexandria, he settled in the Wechua Nation, where he was one of the leading administrators and advisors to the King on matters relating to the Franja Transversal del Oeste and its Alexandrian refugee population.
He previously served as Secretary of Education under the Campos administration from 1686 AN to 1689 AN. His tenure as Secretary was marked by varying degrees of opposition from both social conservatives and teacher's unions. Social conservatives and some parents resisted his push for all Regions of the Federation to adopt a single common educational standard called the Federal Educational Standard. Most teacher's unions disliked his emphasis on the use of data from student tests to evaluate teachers and schools. Under his tenure, 15,000 new schools were built and over 100,000 new teachers were hired across the Federation.
During his three years in office as President, Lavaud continued the economic policies of his predecessor, pursuing further expansion of government spending through the New Prosperity Plan. The Lavaud administration pursued a policy of substantial state-directed control over the growing New Alexandrian capitalist economy.
Just before the 1693 AN general election, Lavaud announced his retirement from politics and declined to make an endorsement in the election, instead encouraging New Alexandrians to vote. He later recieved the title of Duke of Roanne from King Manco Capac I. He retired to the city of Roanne, Wechua Nation by the end of 1694 AN. It was in his home in Roanne that he wrote his book My Way, an autobiographical account of his time in office as Secretary of Education under the Campos administration and then as President.
