Frederic Darnley

Frederic Darnley (1939-2012) was a Brunanter politician and former Prime Minister.

Biography
Darnley was born in Middleton, Adams Parish. His father John was a mechanic who served during the German Invasion in 1941. Darnley studied in Middleton and later studied at the Royal University of Koningstad.

Darnley joined the Royal Guard as a reservist in 1959 while studying at Koningstad. In the late 1960s he joined the Christian Democratic Union. In 1973 he was elected into the House of Representatives in Congress but failed to get re-elected in 1977. In 1981 he won election again and served as Foreign Affairs Minister in Henry Jorgeson's CDU government. In 1987 he was involved with Brunant's foreign service and was in that position until 1992. He returned to the house in 1994 and was re-elected in 1997, 1998 and 2002.

Jorgeson became the CDU's candidate for prime minister in 2001, but lost out to incumbent Alfred Van Allen and the SDP. In 2005, he was asked to run again and this time won the elections, with a 21% vote.

Prime Minister
In his government’s domestic policy, Darnley pursued the greater free-market policies, downsizing the bureaucracy (especially during 2008-09), enacting long-term stable governance and cutting taxes. In regards to foreign policy, he took a more neutral and non-involved role in global affairs.

Darnley was criticized for not supporting Kosovo and for his public sector job cuts. In July 2008, he went through a vote of confidence where he managed to remain in office after a vote of 53-47. With the economic situation spiraling in late 2008 and 2009, Darnley's government was unable to deal effectively and in August 2009 was faced with another confidence vote, this time losing 61-39.