Baldéwin Šummaker (Pacifica)
Baldéwin Šummaker | |
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| President | |
| In office 1953–1984 | |
| Preceded by | Anton Kräamer (as President of the First Clashonian Republic) |
| Succeeded by | Ölfryck Säawer |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  Union State of Bannarsia and Transclarvia  First Clashonian Republic  Second Clashonian Republic |
| Service/ | Army of the Union State Clashonian Army Clashonian Army |
| Active service | 1911 - 1984 |
| Rank | General of the Army |
| Battles/wars | Transclarvia Uprising of 1912 War of 1919 Royalist insurgency against the First Clashonian Republic Clashonian Civil War Royalist insurgency against the Second Clashonian Republic |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Baldéwin Augustin Šummaker |
| Political party | Sovereign Clashonia Party |
Baldéwin Augustin Šummaker was a Clashonian Army general and statesman who served as the President of Clashonia from 1953 until his death in 1984. Before his presidency, he was a member of the Clashonian General Staff during the First Clashonian Republic, and played a pivotal role during the Clashonian Civil War as the Chief of the General Staff.
Šummaker would begin his career in the military in 1911, when he enlisted into the Army of the Union State of Bannarsia and Transclarvia. He was involved in the suppression of a socialist uprising in Transclarvia in 1912, and was involved as part of the 1st Army, which invaded into Weisserstein to secure contested territory and sparking the War of 1919. In 1922, Šummaker's unit defected and joined the Republican movement, and helped in the 1922 Clashonian coup d'état against the Union State. Šummaker would rise through the ranks of the Clashonian Army, becoming a member of the General Staff in 1938, and becoming the Chief of the General Staff in 1948. As the Great War broke out, Šummaker voiced his concerns of the situation and lack of government support for the military, instead investing more into the ruling party's armed wing, the Republican Guard.
In 1950, Brigadier General Valentyn Fäalk would launch an unsuccessful coup d'etat against the government, sparking the Clashonian Civil War. Originally Šummaker opposed the military's involvement in the conflict, as he and many in the military considered it an "inter-party conflict". The military would only become involved as Royalists, Unionists, and Transclarve separatists became involved, to which the military would only seek to secure Clashonia's territorial integrity and government structure, but not become involved in the National Republican Party's inter-party war. As the Unionists and separatists were defeated, Šummaker, with the support of the military, convinced president Anton Kraamer to step down, which was followed by a bloodless coup d'état against the government. At this point, Valentyn Fäak had been replaced by Dirk Häas, who in turn sworn allegiance to the military rather than the NRP.