John Barker

**John Barker** is a registered character. He was created in 2016. He is an American politician who served as the 54th President of the United States.

## Biography

John (Andrew) Barker was born on January 14th, 1983 in Broker, Liberty State. He was raised as a single child with his mother Charlotte O’Share, and his father Arthur (Andrew) Barker. John’s family was not well off by any means, and regularly fell into financial troubles during the low economic years of Liberty City and the surrounding boroughs. His father worked various manufacturing jobs around the rust-belt area, with notoriously poor air and water quality. His mother was able to keep a somewhat stable job at a local accounting firm in 1997. In 1999 Arthur Barker was diagnosed with NSC Lung Cancer, and died a year later, aged 54.

Following his father’s death, Barker’s mother slowly started to deteriorate. She was offered a one-off secretary job at an accounting firm in San Andreas, with all expenses paid. Barker moved with his mother to Erratic, SA with little to no choice. Barker graduated from the University of San Fierro in 2006 (Aged 23), with a degree in Political Science. He quickly plunged into various political careers just a few years later, before being elected as a San Fierro City Councilman in 2008 and Erratic City mayor in 2012.

Barker resigned from his position in 2015 and launched a bid for San Andreas Governor in 2017. He lost the Democratic nomination to Governor Matt Thompson, but was later selected to serve as his Lieutenant Governor. Following an attack on the incumbent governor, John Barker assumed office and led the State of San Andreas through a State of Emergency, following a string of related terror attacks.

In 2019, John was elected Chairman of the Democratic Party and set out to rebuild it after a long string of losses in federal elections, transitioning the party from a democratic socialist platform to a moderate, neoliberal platform. This move had made the DNC nationally competitive again. Later that year, Barker launched a bid for US Senate in San Andreas but was unsuccessful. He then joined the Lopez administration as Secretary of the Interior and although he loved the job, he ultimately resigned due to differences and conflicts within the Cabinet.

In 2020, John Barker launched a bid for President of the United States, under the Democratic Party. Wanda Celtica joined him as his running-mate, and they would both go on to succeed in winning the White House - Ending a string of 4 consecutive Republican Presidencies.

John Barker was sworn in as the 54th President of the United States on July 10, 2020, and was successively re-elected to a second term the following year.

Barker and his administration would go on to launch transformational, landmark federal initiatives including EC/WC Project, USMCA, multiple bilateral trade agreements and defense pacts; and signed education, criminal justice and health care reform into law.

Shortly after his reelection to the White House, Barker was the victim of an assassination attempt which was carried out in broad daylight as he was giving a speech outside Los Santos' city hall. The President was shot in his shoulder and suffered heavy blood loss, which led him into a coma for several days, during which Vice President Celtica was filling in as acting president. John underwent a successful operation to remove the bullet and mend internal damages he had sustained, and made a full recovery.

John left the White House on November 17, 2021 as the longest-serving, most popular president of the 21st century, with a midterm approval rating of 72%. He was succeeded by Mike Kushner.

## Personality

John tends to be rational, principled, and judicial. He usually has a desire for justice and equality and is motivated by a strong sense of right and wrong. Usually described as "uncompromising", Barker strongly believes in his own sense of morality, and will do as much as it takes to achieve his perception of the best outcome for everyone.

Despite this, John can often be well mannered, especially around friends and his family. Though he can easily drop this front when he deems necessary, especially in a professional-political environment.

## FIB Database record

 **Status:** | Not a threat

* US Government
 **Criminal Record**: | * 2007 - DUI

* Former Secretary of the Interior.
* Former Chairman of the DNC.
* Former San Fierro Councilman.
* Former Erratic City Mayor.
* 54th President of the United States.
* Secretary-General of the Civilization Committee.