Dana Santiago

Dana Santiago is a Sakarian politician serving as President of Sakaria since 2021. Before serving as President, she was notably known for being the mayor of Okurada from 2005-2016.

During her term as mayor, she developed numerous infrastructure projects such as railways, airport upgrades and others. She also focused on tackling crime and reforming the justice system.

Early life
Dana was born to the Santiago family, one of the most powerful families in businesses.

She was born on February 28, 1978, in Okurada Saint Vicuna Medical Centre. She attended the University of Sakaria Okurada Campus for university, majoring in law and justice.

After graduating, she worked at the North Okurada District Prosecutors Office. One of the cases she investigated on was the infamous murder of French celebrity 'Marko Augustin', who was brutally murdered in a Sofitel Hotel located in Okurada. Her handling and investigation of the case led to her fame. This fame, would later lead her to pursue politics.

Political Career
Dana decided to run for Mayor in the city of Okurada in 2005. Due to her connections and her popularity, she won in a landslide. Her campaign worked very well too, she promised to tackle crime properly and make Okurada a prosperous city

Dana was very popular and her approval ratings raised up 2% every year. Crime rates were lowered dramatically, the city saw a rise in construction, more companies started building their head offices in the city, Social services such as hospitals, pharmacies and schools became 2x cheaper.

In 2010, she ran again for re election as mayor. She won again. She redid most of her policies in her previous term.

In the 2011 Sakarian general elections, she ran for senator representing the city of Okurada. She was elected after, representing the Democratic Party. She was re elected in 2016.

In 2016, she announced that she will no longer run for mayor of the city, the announcement came days after Dana had left the Democratic Party and joined the Social Democratic Party.

In 2019, Dana mentioned that she would like to run for Presidency in the 2021 elections. Then in 2021, she announced that she would be running her campaign to be President of Sakaria. Her campaign focuses on infrastructure, upgrading of social services and giving more accessibility for the disabled and elderly. She also wants gun reform and marriage equality.

She later won the elections with 62.4% of the vote.

Platform, Political positions
Dana has described herself as a social democrat, a progressive, and a feminist. She has described the extent of child poverty and homelessness in Sakaria as a "blatant failure" of capitalism. Dana is also pro choice, she advocates that a woman should have total control of her body, and that the state should not intervene.

Although in the 1990s she said that Sakaria should not take in refugees, she has since reversed this and in 2017 she criticised Christina Manuban for kicking out refugees who were seeking asylum.

Dana submitted a bill which would abolish the BN-NGE curriculum and replaced it with a more relaxed curriculum. She stated that the BN-NGE curriculum places too much pressure on students, which has led to the rise of student stress-related suicides. The bill was never passed.