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{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix    = 
|name                = Joseph Ojeda
|honorific-suffix    = 
|image               = Benny_Gantz_2019_(cropped).jpg
|imagesize           = 200
|smallimage          = 
|caption             = Joseph Ojeda in 2019
|order               = [[Premier of the United Commonwealth|Premier]] of the [[Council of People's Commissars|Council<br/>of People's Commissars]]
|term_start          = 1 March 2019
|term_end            = 
|predecessor         = [[John Carpenter]]
|successor          = 
|deputy = [[Marcus Copeland]]

|order2               = Member of the [[Presidium of the 25th National People's Congress|25th]]–[[Presidium of the 28th National People's Congress|28th]] [[Presidium of the National People's Congress|Presidium]]
|term_start2          = 20 January 2010
|term_end2            = 
|predecessor2         = 
|successor2          = 

|order3               = [[First Secretary of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth|First Secretary]] of the<br/>[[Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth|Continentalist Party]]
|term_start3          = 10 January 2018
|term_end3            =  
|predecessor3         = [[George Friedman]]

{{Collapsed infobox section begin|Additional positions}}
|order4               = Chairman of the [[Council of People's Commissars of the American Continental Republic|Council of People's Commissars]] of the [[American Continental Republic]]
|term_start4          = 6 October 2004
|term_end4            = 20 January 2010
|predecessor4         = [[Tyler Durden]] 
|successor4          =  [[Britney Spears]]

|order5               = Member of the [[Secretariat of the United Commonwealth|Secretariat]]
|term_start5          = 19 August 2009
|term_end5            =  
|predecessor5         =  
|successor5          =   

|order6               = Representative to the [[National People's Congress]] from [[Ohio]]
|term_start6          = 21 January 1997
|term_end6            =  
|predecessor6         =  
|successor6          =   

|order7               = Full member of the [[Central Committee of the 32nd Congress of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth|32nd]]–[[Central Committee of the 37th Congress of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth|37th]]<br/>[[Central Committee of the Continentalist Party|Central Committees]]
|term_start7          = 13 August 2001
|term_end7            = 
|predecessor7         =  
|successor7           =
{{Collapsed infobox section end}}

|subcommanders       = 
|birth_date          = {{birth date|1959|4|12|df=y}}
|birth_place         = [[Isaiahsburg]], [[Ohio]],<br/>[[United Commonwealth]]
|death_date          = 
|death_place         = 
|resting_place =  
|nationality         = Continental
|constituency        = 
|party               = [[File:Continental Star.svg|22x20px]] [[Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth|Continentalist Party]]
|parents = [[Isaac Ojeda]] 
|rhouse              = 
|spouse              = Julia Pisareva
|multiple_spouses    = 
|children            = {{collapsible list|title=5
|[[Benjamin Ojeda]] (b. 1980)
|[[Leon Ojeda]] (b. 1982)
|Cynthia Ojeda (b. 1984)
|[[Samantha Ojeda]] (1987–2005)
|Elena Ojeda (b. 1990)}}
|issue               = 
|residence           = 
|alma_mater          = {{W|Ohio State University}} ({{W|Master's degree|MS}})<br/>{{W|Syracuse University College of Law|Syracuse University}} ({{W|Juris Doctor|JD}})
|profession          = 
|religion            = {{W|Jewish atheism|Atheist}}
|signature           = 
|website             = 
| allegiance         =   
| branch             = [[Continental Army]]
| serviceyears        = 1998–2006
| rank                = [[File:US-O5 insignia.svg|20px]] {{W|Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant colonel}}
| unit                = [[File:11th Airborne Division Insignia 2022.png|20px]] {{W|11th Airborne Division}}
| battles             = 
 
| mawards             = ''[[Joseph Ojeda#Awards|See below]]''
| footnotes = 
{{Collapsible list
|titlestyle= background-color:#FCF;text-align:center;
|title=Central institution membership
|bullets=on
| 2009–: Full member, [[Secretariat of the 34th Congress of the Continentalist Party|34th]], [[Secretariat of the 35th Congress of the Continentalist Party|35th]], [[Secretariat of the 36th Congress of the Continentalist Party|36th]], [[Secretariat of the 37th Congress of the Continentalist Party|37th]] [[Secretariat of the United Commonwealth|Secretariat]]
|2001–: Full member, [[Central Committee of the 32nd Congress of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth|32nd]], [[Central Committee of the 33rd Congress of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth|33rd]], [[Central Committee of the 34th Congress of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth|34th]], [[Central Committee of the 35th Congress of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth|35th]], [[Central Committee of the 36th Congress of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth|36th]], [[Central Committee of the 37th Congress of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth|37th]] [[Central Committee of the Continentalist Party|Central Committees]]
| 1999–04: [[31st Organizational Bureau of the Continentalist Party|31st]], [[32nd Organizational Bureau of the Continentalist Party|32nd]] [[Organizational Bureau of the Central Committee of the United Commonwealth|Organizational Bureau]]

}}
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|titlestyle= background-color:#FCF;text-align:center;
|title=Other offices held
|bullets=on
| 1999–: Deputy to the [[Continental Congress of America]]
| 1999–01: Party Secretary, Ohio
| 1996–99: Party Secretary, [[Isaiahsburg]]
}}

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'''Joseph Ojeda''' (born 12 April 1959) is a [[United Commonwealth|Continental]] statesman currently serving as [[Premier of the United Commonwealth]] since 2019, as a member of the [[Presidium of the National People's Congress|Presidium]] of the [[National People's Congress]] since 2010, and as [[First Secretary of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth|First Secretary]] of the [[Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth|Continentalist Party]] since 2018. Ojeda is considered the second-ranked member of the [[Secretariat of the United Commonwealth|Secretariat of the Continentalist Party]], behind [[General Secretary of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth|General Secretary]] [[Daniel Muir]], making him the ''de facto'' second most influential person in the administration of the United Commonwealth. He is also a representative to the National People's Congress from [[Ohio]], a position he has held since 1996, and was a full member of the [[Central Committee of the 32nd Congress of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth|32nd]] through [[Central Committee of the 37th Congress of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth|37th]] [[Central Committee of the Continentalist Party|Central Committees]] from 2001 to present. 

Ojeda was born in [[Isaiahsburg]], Ohio, the grandson of [[Spain|Spanish]] {{W|Sephardi Jews|Sephardi}} immigrants. His father [[Isaac Ojeda]] was an overseer of a collective farm in rural Ohio, who served for 40 years in the National People's Congress. In 1981 Ojeda graduated from {{W|Ohio State University}}, where he earned a {{W|Bachelor of Science|bachelor's degree}} in history and a {{W|master's degree}} in political science. He volunteered in the Continental Army as a paratrooper and served as part of security details for Continental administrators in the [[United People's Committees]]. Later he took part in the [[Antillean War]] and the [[Central American crisis]]. Being promoted to a company commander, Ojeda commanded a commando unit on the ground during [[Operation Aladdin]], which airlifted 16,000 refugees to the United Commonwealth from Central America. In 1996 he would retire from the military at the rank of {{W|Lieutenant colonel (United States)|lieutenant colonel}} and return to his native Ohio, working as a labor organizer and teacher. That year he was appointed Party Secretary of the Isaiahsburg district, and in November was elected as a delegate to the National People's Congress and the [[Continental Congress of America]] for the state of Ohio. In 1999 he would be transferred to [[Warrentopia]] to oversee the state of Ohio's branch of the [[Organizational Bureau of the Central Committee of the United Commonwealth|Organizational Bureau of the Central Committee]]. In 2001 he would be elected to the [[Central Committee of the 32nd Congress of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth|32nd]] [[Central Committee of the Continentalist Party|Central Committee]], continue to serve as a member of subsequent central committees to the present. Aligning himself with party veterans such as [[Helene Poirier]] and [[Tyler Durden]] of the American government, Ojeda rose quickly through the ranks and was elected Chairman of the [[Council of People's Commissars of the American Continental Republic|Council of People's Commissars]] of the [[American Continental Republic]] in 2004, where he would serve as the chief of the republic's executive branch until 2010. In this position, Ojeda made a name for himself as a hardline party member of the [[Jackson Rothko]] administration, with a tough stance on corruption. In 2007 Ojeda received national attention for his breaking up of a [[2007 Midatlantic Housing Scandal|major housing and urban development scandal]], which resulted in the resignation of [[People's Commissar for Housing and Development]] [[Gregory Bateman]]. 

In the late 2000s, Ojeda was frequently floated as a possible future national leader following Rothko's retirement, being elected to the [[Secretariat of the United Commonwealth|Secretariat]] in 2009 by the [[Central Committee of the 34th Congress of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth|34th Central Committee]]. In 2010 Ojeda supported the election of [[Helene Poirier]] as [[President of the United Commonwealth|President]] and was appointed as a deputy to the [[Presidium of the 25th National People's Congress|25th]] [[Presidium of the National People's Congress|Presidium]] under her leadership. While on the presidium, he oversaw several commissions, including a 2014 Commission for Defense and Military Reform, and a 2015 Cyberspace Commission. He remained one of only a few members of the administration that carried over into the tenure of [[Anthony Malito]] after 2016. In 2018 Ojeda would play a major role in the removal of Malito from office, and was speculated by foreign observers to be a very likely successor to him should the removal be actualized. Appointed acting Vice President, Ojeda ''de facto'' oversaw the affairs of the Presidium in late 2018 and was believed to be courted by Malito to secure his position. Instead Ojeda aligned himself with fellow Secretariat member [[Daniel Muir]], who would be appointed president after a close vote in the National People's Congress following the [[2020 United Commonwealth legislative election]]. As part of the Muir administration, Ojeda would be appointed his second-in-command as [[First Secretary of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth|First Secretary of the Continentalist Party]]. He would also be appointed [[Premier of the United Commonwealth|Premier]] of the [[Council of People's Commissars]] while retaining his previous positions, making him highly influential in Continental administration. As such Ojeda is rumored to be a possible successor to Muir as [[List of leaders of the United Commonwealth|paramount leader]] after 2024. 

==Early life==

==Military service==

==Rise to power==

==Premiership==

{{Main|Government of Joseph Ojeda}}

==Personal life==

Ojeda is married to Julia Pisareva (born 1960), a civil engineer also from Ohio. Together they have five children: [[Benjamin Ojeda]] (b. 1980), [[Leon Ojeda]] (b. 1982), Cynthia Ojeda (b. 1984), [[Samantha Ojeda]] (1987–2002), Elena Ojeda (b. 1990). The family's oldest son Benjamin is a secretary to the [[Organization for Mutual Economic Assistance and Development]] and political activist, most famous for his outspoken condemnation of torture by militaries and governments around the world. Leon is a member of the [[Continental Army]] with the rank of {{W|Lieutenant colonel (United States)|lieutenant colonel}}. In 2002 daughter Samantha Ojeda, then at the age of 15, was declared missing and presumed murdered in one of Ohio's most high-profile murder investigations. 

==Awards==

*[[File:Hero of Socialist Labor medal.png|30px]] [[Hero of Socialist Labor]] (2007)
*[[File:OrderOfBraveryRibbon.jpg|85x85px]] [[Order of the Red Banner of Labor]] (1994)
*[[File:Order october revolution rib.png|85x85px]] [[Order of the Revolution]] (2010)
*[[File:Order redstar rib.png|85x85px]] [[Order of the Red Star]] (2015)
*[[File:SU Order of Suvorov 1st class ribbon.svg|85x85px]] [[Order of Sherman]], 1st class (1996)
*[[File:15YearsServiceRibbon.gif|85x85px]] Medal "For Impeccable Service" (1991)
*[[File:Air Force Cross ribbon.svg|85x85px]] [[Commonwealth Cross]] (1994)
*[[File:Navy Cross ribbon.svg|85x85px]] Medal of Merit (1990)
*[[File:Order of the Sun Ribbon.jpg|85x85px]] {{Flagicon|United People's Committees}} [[United People's Committees|UPC]]: [[Order of the Sun]] (2020)
*[[File:Bintang Republik Indonesia Adipurna Ribbon Bar.gif|85x85px]] {{flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Indonesia]]: Star of the Republic of Indonesia, 1st class (2016)

==See also==

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