| Lloyd Austin | |
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| 16th president of Afrocolumbia | |
| Assumed office January 26, 2020 | |
| Vice President | Heath Brown |
| Preceded by | Tim Scott |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lloyd James Austin III August 8, 1953 (age 71) Mobile, Alabama, Afrocolumbia |
| Alma mater | Afrocolumbian Military Academy |
| Occupation | Politician, general |
Lloyd James Austin III (born August 8, 1953) is an Afrocolumbian politician and retired four-star general who has served as the 16th president of Afrocolumbia since 26 January 2020.
Enlisting the Afrocolumbian Army in 1975, Austin would fight in northern Alabama during the prolonged white nationalist insurgency led by the Patriotic Fatherland Front. Austin’s strategic ingenuity at the Siege of Rogersville resulted in the Afrocolumbian Army retaking the city from the insurgents and several Afrocolumbian hostages being released. These events prompted Austin to receive national acclaim and accelerated his rise through the ranks of the army.
In 1996, president Barbara Lee appointed Austin as her administration’s Secretary of War, becoming one of the highest ranking members of the Presidential cabinet. After successfully restructuring Afrocolumbia’s military and successfully deterring Comancherian exhibitions into Afrocolumbia, he retired from the administration in 2000 but would be appointed to the Afrocolumbian Council of Deliberations where he would serve until his election in the 2019 presidential race.
Running as an independent, Austin took advantage of incumbent president Tim Scott’s unpopularity to defeat him and Martin Luther King III with 57% of the popular vote. Austin’s presidency thus far has focused on combating economic stagnation in northern Afrocolumbia and strengthening Afrocolumbia’s ties to the Global Treaty Organization.