Party: Welsh Liberal Democrats
Constituency: Brecon and Radnorshire
Contact information
Office Address:
4 Water Gate
Brecon
LD3 9AN
Phone: 01874 625739
Fax: 01874 625635
Assembly Address:
National Assembly for Wales
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF99 1NA
Phone: 029 2089 8743
Email: Kirsty.Williams@wales.gov.uk
Membership
Terms of office
- 07/05/1999 - 30/04/2003
- 02/05/2003 - 02/05/2007
- 04/05/2007 - 31/03/2011
- 06/05/2011 -
Membership of Cross Party Groups
- Coeliac Disease and Dermatitis Herpetiformis (Chair)
- Diabetes
- Disability
- Faith
- Fuel Poverty
- Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood
- Hospices/Palliative Care
- Kidney
- Mental Health
- Nursing and Midwifery
- Older People and Ageing
- Stroke
Additional Information
Personal history
Kirsty was born in Taunton to Welsh parents and from the age of three, grew up in Bynea in Camarthenshire. Kirsty lives on the family farm just outside Brecon with her husband and three young daughters.
Professional history
She was educated at the village primary school in Carmarthenshire and then at St Michael’s School in Llanelli. Kirsty went on to study at Manchester University and the University of Missouri, before working at Carmarthenshire College and for a small business in Cardiff as a Marketing Executive.
Political history
Kirsty Williams was first elected to the Assembly in May 1999. She became the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats in December 2008 and is the first female leader of any of the four main Welsh political parties. She has chaired the Health and Social Services, Standards of Conduct and Sustainability Committees.
Affiliations
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