John de Speranza

John de Speranza is the current Speaker of the Ruling Party of the Parliament of the American Protectorate. His life has been dominated by service to his nation, him having joined the American Military just in time for the California Uprisings in 1986. He served as an enlisted man for four years (two terms) before attending Officer Candidate School as a Sergeant. He graduated as a First Lieutenant and began to work his way up the Combat Officer track, specializing in armor but serving his time in Infantry, Artillery, and Staff.

After almost thirty years of service, he mustered out as a brigadier in command of an armored brigade in 2013 and ran for State Parliament in his Alaskan Commonwealth home. After his four year term, he ran for National Parliament as a member of the Parliamentarian Loyalists and won. He was elected as Speaker of the Ruling Party in part because of his stated platform - he was the only Parliamentarian Loyalist candidate for Speaker with actual military experience, which was problematic for the party as they had vowed to expand the military.