Marlon Perkins

    

Marlon Perkins
Marlon Perkins in 2018
People's Commissar for Justice
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 March 2020
Preceded by	TBD
Senator to the National People's Congress
In office 3 September 2010 – 14 March 2020
Full member of the 37th Central Committee
In office 21 August 2021 – Present
Personal details
Born	(1942-06-23)23 June 1942 New Orleans, Louisiana, United Commonwealth
Nationality	Continental
Political party	Continentalist Party
Spouse(s)	Kelly Stamper
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (BA) Harvard Law School (JD)
Religion	Baptist

Marlon Trevor Perkins (born 23 June 1942) is a Continental politician and attorney currently serving as the People's Commissar for Justice since 2020. He previously served as a Senator to the National People's Congress from 2010 to 2020. He was elected as an observer member to the 36th Central Committee, and as a full member to the 37th in 2021.

Perkins was born and raised in the New Orleans metropolitan area. He attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and obtained his JD from Harvard Law School. In 1966, he became a councilman for the city of New Orleans. In 1980, he resumed his legal career outside of politics as the general counsel for the Marrybore Cooperative. He later served as a legal officer for the Labor Front and held a leadership position with the Continental Attorneys Association.

In 2010, Perkins was elected as a Senator to the National People's Congress and was a strong proponent for criminal justice and rehabilitation. He became a deputy for the People's Commissar for Justice and later was appointed as the People's Commissar for Justice in 2020. Perkins became a full member of the Central Committee of the Continentalist Party in 2021 and led an official inquiry against former General Secretary Anthony Malito on a number of legal allegations.

Early life and education

Perkins was born in New Orleans and raised in Kenner, Louisiana to a family of ten on 23 June 1942. His father, Jeremiah Perkins worked as a manufacturing plant manager while his mother, Susan Perkins (née Waters) worked as the principal of East Kenner High School. During his adolescence, Perkins joined the Continentalist Youth League which caused friction with his churchgoing family of Baptists. Despite this, Perkins remained affiliated with his family's local independent Baptist church while a member of the Party's youth wing. At the time, the Continental government officially stigmatized organized religion and closely monitored religious activity, with party members strongly encouraged to become nonsectarian or irreligious. Perkins played as an association football midfielder and was the club president for the school's community service committee. He attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, receiving a BA in 1963. He obtained a JD from Harvard Law School in 1966. Perkins practiced law privately until 1974, specializing in criminal law.

Legal and political career

In 1974, Perkins was elected a member of the People's Municipal Council of New Orleans. He was reelected in 1980 and then unsuccessfully ran for governor of Louisiana in 1984. After his electoral defeat, Perkins became a legal consultant for the Marrybore Cooperative and was later made its general counsel in 1986. In 1998, Perkins worked for the Labor Front as one of its senior legal officers and became a sitting member on the Executive Committee on the Continental Attorneys Association. In 2010, Perkins was elected as a Senator to the National People's Congress. During his tenure, Perkins received a number of appointments, including deputy to the People's Commissar for Justice. At the 36th Congress of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth in 2017, he was elected to the 36th Central Committee as an observer member.

People's Commissar for Justice

In 2020, Perkins was appointed as the People's Commissar for Justice. Following his appointment, he was later elected as a full member to the 37th Central Committee.

Personal life

Perkins is a practicing Baptist and worships at an independent Baptist church with his family. As of 2022, he is one of the highest-ranking Continentalist Party members who is publicly Christian. Perkins cited his faith as "an anchor" in his life and "it is completely harmonized with the values and spirit of Continentalism". He voluntarily served as a legal adviser for the Southern Baptist Convention. He speaks fluently in Spanish and French; he attended a foreign exchange program with the United People's Committees as a college student where he was fully immersed in the Spanish language.

In 1964, he married Susan Waters, who became a pediatrician. He and Waters have two daughters: Regina and Kylie. Perkins and his family have been vegans since 1995. Perkins stated that he became vegan after visiting a slaughterhouse for pigs, which he described the methods of killing there as "barbaric and wasteful".

Honors

• Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1998)
• Order of the Crimson Star (2020)
• Order of John Marshall (2005)
• Commissariat of Justice Exceptional Service Award (1995)
• Order of the Sword of Justice (1974)
• Medal for "Lawyer of the Year" (2001)
• Honorary Diploma of the Presidium of the Congress of Acadiana (2010)

See also

• Government of Joseph Ojeda