| abstract | - Nicholas Elliott Lennox (12th October 1875 - 24th July 1945; aged 69) was a Rainian Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of Rainier from 1941 to 1945. He was the first socialist Prime Minister and the most recent to die in office. Born in 1875 Lennox was a clockmaker by profession, before becoming a prominent anti-conscription and pacifist activist, especially during the First World War. He became a founding member of the Labour Party being located on the centre-left of the party, championing "international peace and socialism" being critical of the Russian Revolution. Lennox became Labour party leader in 1927. During the 1930 general strike Lennox supported the workers', and led Labour to become the official opposition in the 1933 election. Lennox was a harsh critic of Albert W. Moore's response to the Great Depression and called for the implementation of a "new deal" in Rainier modelled off that of Hudson president Franklin D. Roosevelt. Following the start of World War Two Lennox called for Rainier to withdraw from the fighting, and fought the 1941 election on a programme of peace. Labour scored a narrow majority, forming the first Labour government. Although elected on a pacifist platform, a month after taking the premiership Japan launched the Pacific War which threatened Rainian interests in Asia. With the support of his cabinet and facing pressure from Sierra and the United Kingdom, Lennox reluctantly declared war on Japan on the condition that conscription not be implemented, thus preventing a split in the Labour party. Lennox was a capable wartime leader, committing Rainier to fighting Japan and mobilising the population to support the war. Lennox also saw Keynesian economic policies implemented as well as the creation of universal education and healthcare. Lennox died before the war was over in July 1945.
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