George De la Sangliere was a citizen of the People's Republic of Haven and a member of the Legislaturists.

In 1903 PD, De la Sangliere was asked by Hereditary President Sidney Harris to replace the assassinated Walter Frankel as Secretary of the Economy, and despite his considerable efforts to decline the appointment, he ultimately caved in and took over the task of supervising the crumbling Havenite economy.

In 1904 PD, during the cabinet meeting on which the Havenite government decided to pursue open war against the Star Kingdom of Manticore, de la Sangliere argued that the only alternative to cutting down the Basic Living Stipend's increase rate was to reduce the military budget at least ten percent; this proposal met with Secretary of War, Elaine Dumarest's, instant opposition. Yet, he warned of possible retaliation from the CRU, if they did have a hand in murdering Frankel.

However, as neither reducing military spending nor freezing the BLS were acceptable options for the Government, de la Sangliere insisted that the People's Republic's economic base needed to be expanded if all expenses were to be paid. However, he preferred to avoid military conflict with Manticore if possible, and to go directly to the systems in the Silesian Confederacy and beyond. When the alternative was dismissed by the Cabinet as impossible, he noted that actual war could help the Government to freeze the BLS, as the Dolist Managers always accepted temporal freezings of the Stipend during military operations.

De la Sangliere was ultimately killed with President Harris and almost all his fellow Cabinet secretaries during Robert Pierre's coup. (HH3)

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