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Cathryn Gargano | |
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 Gargano in 2023 | |
| 1st Chancellor of the Wealdenite Council | |
| Assumed office 1 September 2023 | |
| Deputy | Vikki Slade |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Leader of the People's Reform Party | |
| Assumed office 24 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Sally-Anne McCarthy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Cathryn Judith Kipling January 17, 1975 Kimmeridge, Wealden |
| Political party | People's Reform |
| Spouse | Johnny Gargano (m. 1999) |
| Relations | Isaac Kipling (brother) |
| Children | 2 |
Cathryn Judith Kipling Gargano (born 17 January 1975) is a Wealdenite politician who has served as the Chancellor of the Wealdenite Council since September 2023. Since October 2021, Gargano has been the leader of the People's Reform Party. She is known in Wealden as a pro-reform, anti-corruption politician, having served in multiple local government positions from a young age.
Gargano grew up in Thomaria and attended East Shores Institute in her home town of Kimmeridge. In 1993, she started attending Moyen-Orient University, graduating with a degree in politics and international relations.
Early life
Gargano was born in Kimmeridge, in the state of Thomaria, on 17 January 1975. Her father, Thomas Kipling, was a member of the Liberation Front, and had been kept under custody by the Wealdenite state at the time of her birth. He was eventually sentenced to eighteen years in prison. Gargano has stated that for her entire life, she has still not been able to track down or contact her father. As a child, Gargano enjoyed a middle-class upbringing with her mother, Maria Morrisson-Kipling.
At the age of 16, Gargano joined the People's Reform Party. She became deeply involved with the party on a local, becoming a youth officer, chair of the Young PRP in her area. In 1993, at the age of 18, Gargano started studying politics and international relations at Moyen-Orient University, and graduated in 1997. She reportedly took on the course with a w:Foundation year, having recieved below average grades during her A-Levels.
Political career
Early career
After graduating, Gargano contested and won a local council seat in Kimmeridge in 1997, where she served up until 2010. Gargano is known as a steadfast and passionate politician, who viewed the former People's Republic of Wealden with suspicion, especially after Austin Merrill assumed power.
Leader of the People's Reform Party
In October 2021, Gargano ran for leader of the People's Reform Party. Although initially she had one opponent, they were forced to withdraw on personal grounds, and Gargano won the election unopposed.
The Great Divide
Gargano was a lead figure in The Great Divide, which began in 2009.
Provisional Government
On 15 May 2023, Gargano and members of the Gemotern successfully withdrew the 2007 concordat of Wealden and replaced it with a 'provisional concordat.' On 18 May 2023, the documents of provision were signed, making Gargano the provisional First Minister and Cleveland Durand the premier of the provisional government.
Personal life
In 1999, she married Wealdenite wrestler Johnny Gargano. The couple have had 2 children, Diana and Orlando.