Thomas Lan-xiao

Thomas Lan-xiao (Chinese: 托馬斯·蘭驍; pinyin: Tuōmǎsī·lán xiāo; born July 14, 1948) is a Tsengian retired politician and doctor. He was the youngest president of Tseng to take office, at 32 years old at the time of his inaugration in 1980.

Lan-xiao is generally regarded as an above-average president, with many people commending his tightened immigration laws and anti-communism.

Early life
Lan-xiao was born in 1948. His parents, surnamed Chen, decided to put his given name Lan-xiao as the surname and Thomas as the first name due to them being supporters of Pierre Huang-li.

Career
Lan-xiao graduated from Minghua High School in 1966, and participated in anti-military protests in 1968. He graduated from Yale in 1972 with a degree in medicine.

Lan-xiao was an extremely skilled technocrat, and he was given a position in Tsengian government. Lan-xiao's popularity earned him a NPP presidential nomination in 1980. He won against other senior NPP members like Alexandre Liu or Stephen Yang.

Presidency (1980-1984)
In his presidency, Lan-xiao faced economic stagnation and increased immigration from other countries, like Mexico or South Africa. In the aftermath of the 1981 Taihua anti-immigration protests, Lan-xiao tightened immigration to Tseng, which he also hoped to curb unemployment in the country.

Lan-xiao was a part of the centrist faction of the NPP. He lost in the 1984 election to Huang-li Jia-kang, part of the conservative faction.