Múla Tín Tún

Múla Tín Tún (b. 3 August 1960) is the 20th Grand Senator of Énqusqó and one of the 15 Public Senators for Calénqu, having held the latter position since the 2008 election. He is the first Grand Senator to take office that has not been a member of the Unionist Party, forming a minority government in coalition with the Northern Interests Party in the 2022 election.

Múla Tín attended the University of Tsétlaxó to study Economics and went on to attain a masters in the subject. In a 1995 interview, during his term as Economic Consul of the Calénqu Republic, he explained that a large motivation for pursuing his academics came in the wake of the oil crisis that emerged in the later 70s following the commencement of the Agar civil war. It was also during his time at university that he joined the Mercantilist Party and has been a life-long supporter of their policy.

Early life
Múla was born on 3 August 1960 in Calénqu into a wealthy family. Neither of his parents were native to Calénqu and had moved there after World War Three as refugees. His father, Va Tín Zí was a prominent businessman in the city and ran some of the city-state's most famous casinos, including the Golden Sun Casino and Spa. His mother, Múla Sa Nyáru, was the first female plastic surgeon in Énqusqó. She ran a practice inside the Tourist District of the city. He is the eldest of 4 siblings, all of whom have political careers.

Múla received non-state funded primary and secondary education at Yízumó College, an all-boys boarding school in the south of Calénqu. At the school, Múla took on many roles including head boy and leader of the debate society. In the time between terms, he would work alongside his father in the casinos along the Calénqu strip.

At the University of Tsétlaxó, he read economics, continuing on to attain a first with honours in an economics masters degree in 1982. Whilst at university, Múla began to become involved with the local Mercantilist Party branch, developing a buffist economic theory.

Early career
After receiving his degree, Múla returned to Calénqu where he became the chief analyst for the Golden Sun Company and worked under his father until 1987. While in this position he also fostered a deeper relationship with the Calénqu charter of the Mercantilist Party.

In 1987, Múla was selected as the senatorial candidate for the Calénqu strip, the seat typically held by the leader of the party, who at the time was Vye Su Caló. The seat is one of the most secure in the city-state and he was subsequently elected to the Calénqu Senate in the October of 1987. He held the seat until his departure from the Calénqu Senate in 2008 to become a Republic Senator. He was placed on the Gambling Regulatory Committee, however resigned from the position due to public pressure in 1991 when he inherited his father's Casino empire in 1993.

Economic Consul
After the 1994 election, Múla was selected to serve as the Economic Consul of Calénqu.

2019 - 2022
Under the Union-Mercantilist coalition, Múla Tín served on the Jade Council under Tsétli Mín Xénya.

Grand Senator of the Republic of Énqusqó
As the leader of the coalition between the Mercantilist and Northern Interests parties, Múla Tín was voted in confidence to form a government by the newly elected Public Senate on the 8th September 2022. He is the second Grand Nominee to be selected by the senate to have not been from the Unionist party, however, he is the first to be elected from a coalition that did not contain the Unionist party. On the 9th September he went before a meeting of the Regal Senate which also voted in confidence of him and his government, after which he was sworn into office as the 20th Grand Senator of Énqusqó, the first ever Mercantilist Grand Senator.

Economic and foreign policy
Múla Tín is a strong proponent of buff economic policy, and his neomercantilist economic reforms in Calénqu were successful in boosting the city-sate's economy compared to its neighbours in the republic. During his 2022 election campaign he promised to make the RCE "stand out" against its neighbours in the Kidal Sea Cooperative Union. Múla Tín is a harsh critic of the KSCU and strongly opposes unified monetary and fiscal policy, believing that the economic sovereignty of the republic cannot be compromised.

He has made several comments about the republic's increased dependency on Riyata through foreign investment, and while viewing the country and an invaluable ally, seeks to bolster Énqusqan economic strength independent of its allies. Like his predecessor, Lalín Woóra Múza, Múla Tín is a strong supporter of Lower Tar-dinuuen independence and in his ascension speech has proclaimed to "review" the establishment of a permanent Énqusqan embassy in the capital Kendin alongside his campaign promise to allow the Lower tar-dinuuen embassy to relocate from Vinceénqu to Tsétlaxó.

Environmental policy
Múla Tín has consistently voted in favour of investment into renewable energy production, and has been a strong advocate for shifting the Énqusqan energy sector towards green and clean energy since his time as a Calénqu official. Múla Tín argues that the emerging Énqusqan economy is the perfect place to encourage investors to develop these new technologies. Tax liens, subsidies and government-lead initiatives to foster this green economy have all featured within his manifesto, a departure from the Mercantilist Party's traditional pro-fossil-fuel stance.