Liam Souza

Liam Souza is a Huggie politician who is the 4th and current president of the Huggie Union . Liam Souza is notable as the longest serving president of the Huggie Union and youngest politician to take office in general modern history from the 1900s. Liam Souza also has worked with the most vice presidents in history with the current one being Gus Merrow. His term (as of all terms) lasts until he dies or resigns from his presidency.

Ascension to politics

After witnessing the horrible managing of the Huggie Union from Zakov Thompson II, son of Zakov Thompson and plunging the union in to a war with Colis, Souza knew that something had to change. After the sudden death of Thompson II, Souza was planning for an election campaign to support Pingbod Boe to run in the election but Huggie nepotism had its way and Thompson II's nephew Zachary Thompson took over. Zachary Thompson ran a dethompsonization policy which Souza liked but his tenure was cut short after he was assasinated in 1972 just four years into his term. During the two years where there was no president in power and congress and the offices of the Communist Party were a mess and were considering appointing the vice president or Zachary Thompson's son Jalen Thompson. In 1973, 17 year old Liam Souza made his way into the Zakov Thompson memorial and delivered his 1 minute speech saying

"I should enjoy life just as well as the next person. If you want this to happen, this 'enjoyness', then you must stop doing your nepotist ways; stop believing the nepotist ways. Whether you're disabled, able, old, young, communist, Colisian you should have the freedom of a great leader. Help us this year, help us, oh God help us."

In late 1973, Souza was invited to a debate with his political rival Oauhu Kelly and he dominated the debate easily winning all votes from congress, senate, and the offices of the Communist Party for Souza to become president.

Presidential term

Liam Souza took the oath of office on March 22nd, 1974 shortly after his 18th birthday. Immediately Souza saw problems in the government and quickly built up congressional and senatorial power. He passed a renaming of Thompson City and Thompsongrad to something else through congress who had a vote. The majority, in response to a liking of Liam, renamed the cities to Souza City and Souzagrad. Souza immediately improved education and built up large universities and health facilities in these cities and other cities. Souza is known for having a long term and became increasingly unpopular in the 1990s. A group of extremist far-right men attempted an assassination on Souza burning much of the Nogorograd Hall in Nogorograd in 1997. Souza was not injured. Souza helped improve Colisian relations a lot. In 2023, Souza started an unpopular losing war against the Corridor Islands. 

2023 assassination attempt

Main article: 2023 attempted assassination of Liam Souza

On June 6, 2023, the Presidential Palace was attacked using a drone and personnel, attributed to a group known as the Skibidibopbops. This organization has been previously linked to several incidents, including the Huggie Tower bombings and the vegetarian meat eating scandal. The attack was to attack president of the Huggie Union, Liam Souza.

The Corridor Spy Network, conducting reconnaissance missions within the Huggie Union, detected a drone associated with the group at 4:08 PM prior to the incident. A resident of Bugarfkintville reported observing a balloon carrying a heavy black object, believed to be connected to the drone attack.

In response to the attack, the Huggie government sealed off the 9th and top floors of the Presidential Palace as part of an evidence-gathering effort. During the chaos, there was a report of an incident involving a security guard and Liam Souza.

Following the attack, Huggie officials initiated an investigation in the Bedland mines, which had been abandoned for over 15 years. The team spent over three hours navigating into the old mines but reported finding no substantial evidence. However, they did encounter a group of individuals in poor condition who were scavenging for food. It was determined that these individuals had been left behind after the evacuation of the mines.