Jacob Dunham

Jacob Laraki Harrison-Dunham (born July 20, 1962) is a Patagonian businessman, former soldier and politician serving as the 19th Prime Minister of Patagonia since January 10th, 2018. A democratic socialist, he has become known for his political stances and opinions, which have been nicknamed Jacob Dunham Thought (JDT). From 2009-2018, he was the former CEO of RPL Holdings.

Political views
Jacob has mixed political stances and opinions, however is generally democratic socialist. He does not support either of the two main political parties in the United States, both calling them out for being incompetent, but says that the Democrats are "the lesser of two evils". He denounced Donald Trump for inciting the United States Capitol attack in 2021 and has likened him to Benito Mussolini.

He has especially condemned the government of the People's Republic of China for its practice of placing ethnic minorities and dissidents in re-education camps, likening it to the concentration camps of Nazi Germany. Dunham also refuses recognition to the People's Republic and has chosen to recognize Taiwan as the legitimate government of China. Dunham has also criticized the PLA's "un-natural" strength as demonstrated during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and compared the Chinese Communist Party to "Ingsoc in disguise".

Dunham jokingly states that the CCP had "escaped from the confines of fiction" and had made a pact with the ghosts of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and Nazi German leader Adolf Hitler. Dunham's anti-CCP sentiment eventually led to the Beijing recognition referendum being held in 2021. The referendum was ultimately passed, with 83% of citizens voting to cut off all relations with China, leading to Patagonia eventually withdrawing its recognition of China in lieu of the Taiwanese government. The move was welcomed warmly by most, but the Christians for Change party and Chinese Communist Party denounced the withdrawal.

He supports Israel but he also sympathizes with the Palestinians, stating that "Jews and Arabs need to live in peace". He condemns all Jihadist terrorist groups, calling them "false Islamists" and made the Patagonian government denounce ISIS in 2018 for "all past terrorist acts done against the West".

He has also refused recognition to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), calling it "a Chinese puppet", and strongly opposes the One-China Policy, which he derides as being "draconian". Similarly he denies the results of the 2014 and 2022 Russian annexation referendums, mockingly saying they had been rigged in the Russians' favor.

He condemns Vladimir Putin for the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, and mocked Putin calling him a reincarnation of Hitler. He has also denounced Alexander Lukashenko for "silencing rightful dissidents" and Bashar al-Assad for "blaming America on airstrikes when he brought this upon himself and his own people". Although Jacob is largely anti-authoritarianism, he thinks that while a hypothetical World War III scenario would be the only way to eradicate authoritarianism, it is considered to be unnecessary and violent.

Trivia

 * Jacob has a mixed ethnic heritage. His mother is of mixed Yorkshirean English descent and his father is Moorish by ethnicity.
 * He had the responsibility of accompanying his daughter Patricia down the aisle of the chapel of the Bornean Royal Palace during her wedding with Prince Faizal of Sabah in December 2019.
 * Jacob is openly non-binary, but chooses to keep his "he/him" synonym.
 * Jacob is a fan of military shooting games due to his past military career. His favorite games are Fortnite and Battlefield 3. Despite this, however, he sees actual war as unnecessary, risky and too violent.