Name	John Phillip Sheridan
Appearance
Occupation	Politician (1606 PD - ?) Legate (1596 PD - 1606 PD) Ship Engineer
Titles	Chancellor (1614 PD - ?) Congressman (1610 PD - 1614 PD) Governor of Ceria (1606 PD - 1610 PD) Legate of Ceria (1596 PD - 1606 PD)
Political Party	Independent (1606 PD- 1610 PD) Centrist Party (1610 PD - ?)
Date of Birth Father Mother Spouse Children	8th June 1561 PD Harold T. Sheridan Karen Sheridan Charlotte Sheridan 6
Religion Ethnicity	Protestantism Neerian
Age Hair colour Eye colour Height Species	64 T-Years Gray Blue 1.85 m Terran

John Phillip Sheridan is the third of eight siblings and currently serves his second term as Chancellor of the Stoinian Star Kingdom. He previously held the positions of Representative, Governor and Legate.

Early Life
Born in Sinaia itself he was the son of a journalist and a make-up artist. Although they lived in Sinaia they were on the lower end of the middle class, amongst the poorer of the Star Kingdom. However they still were plenty at home and formed a strong family bond. From a young age he was fixing parts of the house with his father and his older brothers. Although he excelled scientifically at school he had difficulties with mathematics and languages. So he took extra courses at school and even learned the aristocratic language of Romanian, the King's language. After his High School he enrolled into Sinaia's Institute of Technology and Sciences as an Ships Engineer student.

Engineer Career
After a slower program of 6 years instead of 5, he got a job at AriesCorp at Kuatis. He was responsible for the framework design on the gravitational ring on the Alton-class luxury cruiser. With the cruiser line being a succes he made quite a fortune and was even promoted for his dedication and hard work for the project.

Military Career
Only 5 years into his engineering career the Velutarian War broke out. It hadn't taken long before his oldest brother had died in the initial wave of the Velutarian advance. This prompted him to enlist as a Military Engineer. He had to enrol into East Point, but received a speed course of two years. After his military studies he was put on a team of engineers to improve the Stoinian warships and adapt Velutarian tech in any way shape or form. This proved a very slow process which took over 12 years to even get to a functional prototype. With this new succes he was put in charge of making the new production site on a planet the military had claimed a new mandate on: Ceria. Effectively making him a Legate. This was first against the wishes of his superiors as he had no proper officer training for Legate duties, but the Velutarian War had taken a lot of Terran lives and capable men were getting scarce. So Sheridan convinced them to do his best and if they weren't content with him, he would resign. However not willing to waste resources, his superiors agreed with him and he got the rank of Legate. This method of gaining a Legate title was never preceded before and wouldn't happen again in but very few occasions.
During the Velutarian War he lost three brothers and a sister who gave their lives for Mankind. His family was heavily affected by this, especially John himself as he was close with his brothers.

Legate of Ceria
 

Governor of Ceria
At the end of his Legate mandate he decided that we wanted to further develop Ceria as he had grown attached to the place. He ran for Governor and won it with 70,6% of the votes. As Governor he would further expand Ceria City and healthcare institutions, his money came from the immense sum that AriesCorp had given him for exclusive rights on ship construction around the orbital element of the space elevator. He accepted and this was critiqued by some, but it was money within legal bounds and he would spend it wisely. Amongst the populace he became known as the Builder. He also provided subsidies for agriculture as that industry had never really been expanded during his Legate Mandate. However this attracted over 10.000 people to start new farms on Ceria. Amongst them wounded veterans from the Velutarian War and their families. His four year term went smoothly and with excellent approval ratings. However he wanted to go further down the rabbit hole of politics, which he found to quite like. The next terms he ran for Congress and again won to be the single representative of Ceria.

Representative of Ceria
As the newly elected Representative of Ceria he enjoyed his new job at the People's Assembly. He performed his duties and aligned himself with the Centrist Party. He was always present at votes and even was recommended to be majority leader. He accepted this as this would lay down a good beginning for his next political step.

Chancellor
With the help of the Centrist Party he was elected by 55,3% of the popular vote. In his campaigning he promised to further strengthen outer colonies and repairs for the damage sustained by the Velutarian War. In his first term he mainly focused on the newThousand Colonies initiative set in motion by his predecessor. This initiative planned to colonise around 2.000 new worlds to solidify the Stoinian Star Kingdom. He made sure to strengthen colonisation procedures with the Military and also expand businesses to the outer colonies. He also gained a second term with 65,8% of the popular vote and focused more on the ship manufacturing corporations to give them more flexibility. This proved successful for the market. Now that the King is looking to expand influence into other Star nations such as the Treecuu, he is looking to expand Stoinian businesses into other star nations as well. Not only should they dominate xenos militarily, but also economically.

Political Views
Although he was raised in the Capital, he still holds the outer colonies in high regard. This is contrary to most politicians in the core who would rather focus on the core's financial sectors and keep the outer colonies in a lower standard. Sheridan is proof that it can work differently than previously thought. He looks to bring the rich lives from the core to the outer colonies. As such he is a strong supporter of healthcare, but also a strong proponent of economic prosperity.
That is why he made the bill which gave pregnant women special status in businesses. As the population needs to recover from the devastating Velutarian War women need to be ensured that they won't lose their job due to pregnancy, while promoting repopulation. That's why no pregnant women can be fired after two years of giving birth, but at the same time businesses pay 40% less taxes for the respective person.
He also is a strongman for policies which give engineers more freedom and subsidies. This is due to Velutarian technology that still needs to make its way into the Stoinian market. That way Stoinia will hopefully know a new technologic golden age.

Unlike politicians from the outer colonies he isn't for more power to the local Governors and Lords. He has voiced his concerns that this is making Stoinia dysfunctional and is a strong opponent of Lord Ethan Thorne and his Traditional Party for Colonial Empowerment. As for the progressives, he views them too drastic as they wish to ban things like the Great Hunt, which have become synonymous with the word Stoinian. Nor is he a proponent of more democracy or to make a Stoinian Republic. He also gutted Congressional staff members, which he deemed unnecessary as a means to save taxpayer money.

He also isn't fond of the press putting themselves where they shouldn't. That's why he keeps his children away from the spotlights. He is a strong supporter of privacy and has expressed concerns of the press misusing the right to journalism to infringe on peoples privacy and in some cases smearing people's reputation for news.

As for recent contact with other nations, he is especially interested in making economic ties. As he wants to ensure the Stoinians not only have Military power over them, but also Economical Power. Of course this is very different towards fellow Terran nation, whom he sees as brethren and doesn't want to dominate them in any shape or form.