Baroness Randerson
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The Right Honourable The Baroness Randerson |
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| Minister of State for Wales | |
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In office 5 September 2012 – 8 May 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | David Jones |
| Succeeded by | Nick Bourne |
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Deputy First Minister for Wales Acting |
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In office 6 July 2001 – 13 June 2002 |
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| First Minister | Rhodri Morgan |
| Preceded by | Michael German |
| Succeeded by | Michael German |
| Minister for Culture, Sport and the Welsh Language | |
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In office 16 February 2000 – 30 April 2003 |
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| First Minister | Rhodri Morgan |
| Preceded by | New post |
| Succeeded by | Alun Pugh |
| Member of the Welsh Assembly for Cardiff Central |
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In office 6 May 1999 – 5 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | New Assembly |
| Succeeded by | Jenny Rathbone |
| Majority | 6,565 (29.3%) |
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26 May 1948 London, England |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
| Spouse(s) | Peter Randerson |
| Residence | Cardiff, Wales |
| Alma mater | Bedford College, London |
Jennifer Elizabeth Randerson, Baroness Randerson (born 26 May 1948) is a Welsh Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords. She is former junior minister in the Wales Office, with specific responsibility for education.
She is a former Cardiff councillor and was an AM from 1999 to 2011, when she was created a life peer. She was a member of the Welsh Labour-Lib Dem administration of the 2000–2003 Welsh Assembly Government.
Randerson was educated at Bedford College, University of London, BSc Physiology and Biochemistry, 1983, now part of Royal Holloway, University of London. She was a Cardiff councillor 1983-2000 and was a lecturer at Cardiff Tertiary College. She led the official opposition on the Council in Cardiff for four years. She introduced "Creative Future", a culture strategy for Wales and "Iaith Pawb", a strategy for the promulgation of the Welsh language.
She was Minister for Culture, Sport and the Welsh Language in the Liberal Democrat/Labour Partnership Government from 2000 to 2003. She was acting Welsh Deputy First Minister from 6 July 2001 to 13 June 2002. She was Health and Social Services; Equal Opportunities and Finance Spokeswoman for the Welsh Liberal Democrats during the Second Assembly. She chaired Assembly Business and Standing Orders Committees during the Second Assembly.
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