Victoria Kirstyn Williams was born on 19 March 1971 and is a Welsh politician who served as Minister for Education in the Welsh Government from 2016 to 2021.
17 Facts About Kirsty Williams
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Kirsty Williams was a Member of the Senedd from 1999 to 2021.
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Kirsty Williams previously served as the Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats from December 2008 to May 2016 and subsequently from June 2017 to November 2017 in an acting capacity.
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Kirsty Williams 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.
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Kirsty Williams is married to a farmer; the couple have three daughters and live on the family farm outside Brecon.
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Kirsty Williams joined the Welsh Liberal Democrats at the age of 15.
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Kirsty Williams was appointed to the National Assembly Advisory Group by Welsh Secretary Ron Davies.
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Kirsty Williams was elected as an Assembly Member of the National Assembly for Wales for the constituency of Brecon and Radnorshire in May 1999.
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Kirsty Williams served as Chair of the Welsh Assembly Health and Social Care Committee between 1999 and 2003.
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On 8 December 2008, Kirsty Williams became leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, having defeated Cardiff Central Assembly Member Jenny Randerson.
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Kirsty Williams has gained a reputation for campaigning on health issues.
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In December 2012, Kirsty Williams won ITV Wales' Assembly Member of the Year Award in a ceremony at Cardiff's City Hall.
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Kirsty Williams has been part of a long-running 'More Nurses' campaign for a law requiring minimum staffing levels for nurses in Welsh hospitals.
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Kirsty Williams was successful in a legislative ballot on 11 December 2013, and given leave to proceed with her Bill In 2014, Nurse Staffing Levels Bill.
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Kirsty Williams was made an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Nursing in 2016.
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On 16 June 2017, Kirsty Williams became leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, on an acting basis, after the defeat of the previous leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, Mark Kirsty Williams MP, in the 2017 general election.
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Kirsty Williams is at the forefront of curriculum reform in Wales and introduced the Curriculum and Assessment Bill on 6 July 2020.