Kirsty Williams has been Wales’s Education Minister since May 2016. She entered government following an agreement with the First Minister, leading a “national mission of education reform” at all levels. She has been the Assembly Member for Brecon & Radnorshire since 1999, and was leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats 2008 – 2016. She was the first female leader of a Welsh political party. She is married to a farmer and the couple have 3 daughters. They live on the family farm outside Brecon.