Maxime Duroy

Maxime Andre Duroy is the Member of Parliament for Hienghéne and is a member of the United Left, as well as its Deputy Leader and Finance Spokesman.

Before Politics
Maxime was born in 1965 to Eugéne and Silvie Duroy at their humble family farm south of Le Mont-Dore in Hienghéne. From a relatively poor background, his mother still insisted that he learn to read and write, declaring often that he was "destined for the ENA", and young Maxime responded by taking to his education enthusiastically.

However, tragedy struck in 1974, when Maxime was 9: he and his mother were forced to flee the country after his father was killed resisting the first wave of expropriations from Caldoche farmers in the region. Now settled in Marseilles, Maxime continued to study, all the while feeding a seething hatred for the Nationalist regime which had left him fatherless. Eventually, his excellent grades and natural curiosity allowed him to enter Sciences-Po Paris in 1983. and later ENA in 1988, finally graduating in 1991.

Upon his graduation, he decided to return to Berringsland, in the hope of helping the Caldoche while leading civil resistance against the Nationalist regime. He would eventually get involved with leftist militias in New Caledonia, primarily in an organizational capacity, and would later ensure that the militias were financed and supplied. Sometime after 2000 however, Maxime severed ties with the militias and swore off violence, moving to Norfolk Isle to be away from the violence as much as possible, although he continued to help those Caldoche who wanted to leave or return in to the country.

Provisional Assembly
When the December Revolution broke out, Maxime welcomed it enthusiastically, returning to New Caledonia to help with the consolidation of the provisional government. He was eventually sent to the Provisional Assembly to represent Hienghéne, joining the Radical Republican Party founded by his friend and long-time colleague in Norfolk, Alejandro Lerroux. During the Provisional Assembly, the Radical Republicans were invited in to the governing Christian Democratic coalition, where Maxime served first as Minister for the Environment and finally as Minister for Economic Affairs. When the Radical Republican Party merged with the United Left, Maxime followed, becoming the United Left's Deputy Leader as well as its Finance spokesman, and he was subsequently elected to serve as the MP for Hienghéne in Berringsland's first democratic elections in over 3 decades.

Personal Life
Maxime is single, and has achieved something of a reputation as a bit of a playboy in both Berringsland and France. Rumours abound that he has more than one child born out of wedlock, but these claims remain unsubstantiated so far. Recently, he was reportedly dating the young Caldoche model, Henriette Duplessix.