Gus Manger

Gus Manger is a Sordish politician and businessman who serves as the Minister of Development in the Alphonso administration. Manger has been a United Sordland Party member since 1933. Gus was born in Valgen in 1899 to a family of old landowners who cultivated many farms in the Gruni region and exported crops, fruits, and other products to Lespia. He studied business at the University of Valgen, and later worked with OMEC in 1931 to help develop local agricultural, logistical, and energy companies. Manger used his OMEC connections to help Gasom, a company that contracted him, to attract top engineering talent. After helping his home region find foreign direct investment, he diversified his investments. Gus saw great potential in Anrica, as a middle-ground between the most prominent cities. He made significant investments there in the early 1940s, founding and running a successful logistics and tourism company. His strong relations with the city led him to acquire minority ownership in FC Anrica, the city's football club. In 1943 he was appointed deputy to the Minister of Economy, Commerce, and Energy of Tarquin Soll's 4th cabinet. After the party congress of 1946 and the loss of party leadership of Tarquin Soll, Gus joined the Alphonso government as Minister of Development. Gus was particularly successful in helping rural poverty reduction through international investment attraction, arranging high-value export routes for locally produced agricultural goods, and adjusting import and export taxes to drive the generated economic value up in Sordland.