Kirsty Williams
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Kirsty Williams CBE AM |
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| Cabinet Secretary for Education | |
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Assumed office 19 May 2016 |
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| First Minister | Carwyn Jones |
| Preceded by | Huw Lewis |
| Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats | |
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In office 8 December 2008 – 6 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Mike German |
| Succeeded by | Mark Williams MP |
| Member of the Welsh Assembly for Brecon and Radnorshire |
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Assumed office 6 May 1999 |
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| Preceded by | New Assembly |
| Majority | 8,170 (27.0%) |
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19 March 1971 Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
| Spouse(s) | Richard Rees |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester |
Victoria Kirstyn Williams CBE (born 19 March 1971) is a Welsh politician and has been a Assembly Member of the National Assembly of Wales since 1999. She was the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats between December 2008 and May 2016.
Williams was born in Taunton, Somerset to Welsh parents, whilst her librarian father was working there. After moving to Liverpool, in 1974 the family moved to the village of Bynea, Carmarthenshire, where she grew up.
Educated at the independent St Michael's School, Llanelli, she then graduated from the Victoria University of Manchester with an honours degree in American studies, including a period studying at the University of Missouri. She then returned to work for the learning resources department of Carmarthenshire College in Llanelli, before taking up a post as a marketing and public relations executive for a small business in Cardiff.
She is married to a farmer; the couple have three daughters and live on the family farm outside Brecon.
Williams joined the Welsh Liberal Democrats at the age of 15.
In the 1997 general election, she contested the constituency of Ogmore, coming third. For a long time she was a keen advocate of a Welsh Assembly, and she campaigned hard in the 1997 referendum for the creation of the National Assembly for Wales. She was subsequently appointed to the National Assembly Advisory Group by Welsh Secretary Ron Davies.
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