Biala Stonehand



Biala Stonehand, born 19th October 2503, is a Tangerian statesman, politician and author.

From 2536-7 he was the only President of the Interplanetary Council. During the Sideral War, in 2538, he was elected chancellor of the People of Tangiers, a post which he has held ever since. For his great efforts, he has been awarded the order of the North Star, the UNSF Medal, and many other honorifics, including the title of 'Favourite son of Tangiers' the 7th ever person to be thus acclaimed.

Biala is the first chancellor of Tangiers who officially traveled to foreign worlds, and in fact, one of the rare chancellors to have ever left his home-world. Chancellor Biala visited the Emperor Zhe-Zhian-di on multiple occasions throughout the 40's, met with the Harmon-Reynolds presidential duo on Gea, and their successors; he further traveled to Kepler, Novaya Zemlya, and even Lundheim, and made regular visits to Aurora, where two consecutive presidents have in the past been friends or colleagues of Stonehand himself. The only place he never visited personally, though having led the IPCC and having met with many heads of the UN, was Earth. Biala was also the first chancellor to be interviewed by foreign media, and a man who in a sense opened Tangiers to the interplanetary community, and formed a new style for Tangiers; the previously isolated and stern minimalists became popular and outspoken, just as their new Chancellor engaged in charismatic speeches and built more civilian infrastructure than military bases. Biala even conducted a referendum to allow for a broader reception of immigrants to Tangiers, and thus, instead of around 1,000 being admitted each year, the number grew to almost ten thousand.

Biala Stonehand, many would say, was the most prominent world leader of the 2540's and early 2550's. He is also one of the most effective, as his programmes for Tangiers were all conducted in order, and he maintains the admiration of the People of Tangiers. Right around that time, he was popularly also referred to as the Cosmocrator.