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David Bishop (born 22 May 1973) is a Sialand politician and philosopher, and has been the Prime Minister of Sialand since 6 October 2014. By winning the General Election, he became the first Prime Minister of Sialand. He has been leader of the Labour Party since it was formed in August 2013. He is currently a key member of the Sialand Medical Trade Union.

Early Life
Bishop was born in the city of Cassey in the south of Sialand. His father, Robert, was a doctor and his mother, Margaret, was an English teacher. Bishop grow up in the high end suburb of Castletown and went to St. Lucas High School. After leaving high school, he attended the Univeristy of South Sialand gaining an Upper National Degree (UND) in Philosophy and a Minor National Degree (MND) in Politics. He returned to the university to study for a Royal Diploma (RDPL) in Philosophy. He went on to work at the university as part of the Philosophy research team.

Labour Party
Bishop became one of the leading faces in the creation of the Labour Party. He ran for leader of the party against his good friend from university and now deputy, Patrick O'Brien. Bishop won by a majority of 2,003 votes.

After becoming Leader, Bishop put a lot of time into getting the message of the party out to the electorate of Sialand for the upcoming General Election on 6 October 2014. He put emphasis into Labour's commitment to Employment & the Welfare.

Bishop was elected to Parliament after the Labour Party gained 4 out of the 6 seats in the South region, the other 2 going to the Liberal Party. After Labour Party formed a coalition with the Liberal Party, as they did not have an overall majority, he became the very first Prime Minister of Sialand.

Prime mInister (2014-present)
After becoming Prime Minister, Bishop looked to press home his popularity by appointing popular politicians to his cabinet, including his deputy Patrick O'Brien as Chancellor. After only a week in office, Bishop had already managed to get the National Minimum Wage Bill through its first reading and the Same Sex Couples (Marriage) Bill ready for first reading.

Popularity
Bishop was an extremely popular politician and leader as he introduced legislation that had a positive impact on everyone. Even those in the opposition party, Sialand Progress Party, admitted that Bishop was an effective leader who was doing a good job.

Personal Life
In 1999, he married his wife Sarah Bishop who he had meet at university whilst she was studying for a UND in Biology and a MND in Cancer Research. Sarah currently works at King Michael's University as a lecturer in Biology. They currently have 2 children: Zoe (born 2003) and Allison (born 2006).