Douglas Bird (CCPC)

Chairman Douglas Bird of the Council of People's Commissars is the 59 year old statesman of the United Socialist States of Sparunica. Bird has held office since 2000, after the death of his long term friend and mentor, Hale Yoxell.
 * 1) Biography
 * 2) Revolution
 * 3) Politics
 * 4) Personal Life

Biography
Douglas James Bird was born on the 23rd of May, 1955. His family lived in Espa, on the outskirts of Sansee. His father, Michael Bird, worked in one of the capital's many factories, leaving little time to spend with his son. His mother, Agnes, spent much of her time attempting to earn money cleaning houses for other locals, so she too spent little time with young Douglas. Due to this, Douglas spent much of his early childhood in the care of his grandfather, Alexander Bird. Alexander had fought during the Second World War, and so fascinated his grandson with tales of his exploits during the conflict. At the age of seven, disaster struck the family. Michael Bird was accused of being a traitor to the state by the new fascist government of Jaykob Ruggles. He was taken along with his family to a concentration camp in Lithatrya, where they spent the next 11 years. During this time, Alexander's health began to deteriorate, and without proper care he died in 1972, aged 68. Douglas and Michael fell into depression following his death, eventually leading to Michael's suicide a year later. By 1978 the 18 year old Douglas had a deep rooted hatred for the fascist regime, made even greater after his mother's execution in 1976.

Revolution
In 1978 when revolution struck Sparunica, many of the camp's inmates felt this was their chance for freedom. After the camp was attacked and liberated by revolutionaries led by Hale Yoxell, a 32 year old lumberjack, many of the inmates, including Bird, joined them. Yoxell and Bird soon became good friends, and began sharing ideas about politics and how the country should be governed. It was at this time that Yoxell convinced Bird to become a Marxist. During the course of the revolution Yoxell became to be seen as more and more of a national leader and hero, and Bird shared in this imagery as his leader's closest friend and ally. During one attack on a fascist camp the pair came across a five year old boy named Rolph Hallman, who joined the revolutionaries in their journey. When the final attack on Sansee took place, Yoxell and Bird fought alongside each other in Ruggle's palace complex, leading troops to victory. When victory was declared and Ruggles brought forth it was decided by the pair that he should die in the docks. Ruggles was dragged to Sansee docks where a noose attached to a crane was put around his neck. Yoxell gave Bird permission to personally raise the crane, pulling Ruggles into the air, nearly snapping his neck. The man swung on the rope for a couple of minutes, jerking and coughing before he died. The revolutionaries decided to leave his body there as a warning to other fascists.

Politics
With the revolution over and Ruggles' government overthrown it was now the task of Yoxell and Bird to assemble a new governing body to rule the country and correct the fascists' wrongs. Both decided upon Lenin's model of government, assigning a commissar to each state and gathering them into a council, known hereafter as the Council of People's Commissars. The people elected Yoxell to be the nation's first Chairman, and Bird to be his Vice-Chairman. Together they helped to stabilise the nation and fought back against the native attacks on the western border. They were too late to save the city of Astrin, which lays a shell of its former self to this day. Both were elected each time an election was held, and Bird took office as Chairman upon Yoxell's death in 2000 due to a heart attack. His secretary at the time, Hallman, took his place as Vice-Chairman. Bird continued his mentor's work in repairing the nation and has declared that he seeks to one day see a nation of equal, happy people living in peace and joy.

Personal Life
Bird does not usually comment on his personal life, but there are certain things that are known about him. In 1980 Bird married his long-term girlfriend Amy Sindclair, and in 1983 they had their first child, Zoe. Bird went on to have another two children, Michael and Alexander who were born as twins in 1985.

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