Joseph Ojeda

Joseph Ojeda
Joseph Ojeda
	Joseph Ojeda in 2019
Premier of the Council; of People's Commissars
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 March 2019
Deputy	Marcus Copeland
Preceded by	John Carpenter
Member of the 25th–28th Presidium
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 20 January 2010
First Secretary of the; Continentalist Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 10 January 2018
Preceded by	George Friedman
Additional positions
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the American Continental Republic
	In office; 6 October 2004 – 20 January 2010
Preceded by	Tyler Durden
Succeeded by	Britney Spears
Member of the Secretariat
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 19 August 2009
Representative to the National People's Congress from Ohio
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 21 January 1997
Full member of the 32nd–37th; Central Committees
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 13 August 2001
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born	12 April 1959; Isaiahsburg, Ohio,; United Commonwealth
Nationality	Continental
Political party	Continentalist Party
Spouse(s)	Julia Pisareva
Children	5 Benjamin Ojeda (b. 1980) ; Leon Ojeda (b. 1982) ; Cynthia Ojeda (b. 1984) ; Samantha Ojeda (1987–2005) ; Elena Ojeda (b. 1990);
Parents	Isaac Ojeda
Alma mater	Ohio State University (MS)
Religion	Atheist
Military service
Branch/service	Continental Army
Years of service	1998–2006
Rank	Lieutenant colonel
Unit	11th Airborne Division
Awards	See below
	Central institution membership 2009–: Full member, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th Secretariat ; 2001–: Full member, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th Central Committees ; 1999–04: 31st, 32nd Organizational Bureau ; Other offices held 1999–: Deputy to the Continental Congress of America ; 1999–01: Party Secretary, Ohio ; 1996–99: Party Secretary, Isaiahsburg ;

Joseph Ojeda (born 12 April 1959) is a Continental statesman currently serving as Premier of the United Commonwealth since 2019, as a member of the Presidium of the National People's Congress since 2010, and as First Secretary of the Continentalist Party since 2018. Ojeda is considered the second-ranked member of the Secretariat of the Continentalist Party, behind 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 32nd through 37th Central Committees from 2001 to present.

Ojeda was born in Isaiahsburg, Ohio, the grandson of Spanish 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 Ohio State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in history and a 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 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. In 2001 he would be elected to the 32nd Central Committee, continuing 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 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 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 in 2009 by the 34th Central Committee. In 2010 Ojeda supported the election of Helene Poirier as President and was appointed as a deputy to the 25th 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. He would also be appointed 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 paramount leader after 2024.

Early life

Military service

Rise to power

Premiership

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 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

Hero of Socialist Labor (2007)
Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1994)
Order of the Revolution (2010)
Order of the Red Star (2015)
Order of Sherman, 1st class (1996)
Medal "For Impeccable Service" (1991)
Commonwealth Cross (1994)
Medal of Merit (1990)
UPC: Order of the Sun (2020)
Indonesia: Star of the Republic of Indonesia, 1st class (2016)

Political offices
Preceded by John Carpenter	Premier of the Council of People's Commissars 2019−present	Incumbent
Preceded by Tyler Durden	Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the American Continental Republic 2019−present	Succeeded by Britney Spears
Party political offices
Preceded by George Friedman	First Secretary of the Continentalist Party 2004−2010	Incumbent