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'''William Michael Ashton''' (born 15 July 1971) is a Valentirian entrepreneur, politician and professor who is currently serving as the [[List of heads of state of Valentir|22nd]] [[President of Valentir and Carhaix]] since 5 December 2020. He previously was the [[leader of the National Liberal Party]] from 2015-2017. Prior to entering Federal politics he served as the [[Governor of Westcliff]] from 2008-2014. Ashton also served in [[Parliament of Valentir|Parliament]] as {{wp|Member of Parliament|MP}} for [[Harborough—Middleton]] from 2014-2019 and as {{wp|Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLP}} for [[Harborough—Amber Park]] from 2005-2014. Ashton is the third-youngest president in Valentirian history and is the son of former Prime Minister [[Warwick Lionel Ashton]], who served from 1964-1967 and 1969-1981.
Ashton was born in [[Amaranthine]], [[Westcliff]]. He studied history at the [[University of Harborough]]. After graduating in 1993, he worked as an assistant professor at the [[University of Amaranthine]]. In 1995 he enrolled at [[Middleton University]], where he studied political science and economics and later completed a master's degree in international relations in 1999. After graduating he began his career as a professor at Middleton. He would also co-found [[Gardner Aviation]] with colleague [[Sylvain Legrand]] in 2000. He served as {{wp|Chief operating officer|COO}} under the leadership of Legrand until 2005. The company began as an {{wp|Aerospace|aerospace}} manufacturer and has expanded to encompass {{wp|Spaceflight|space transportation}} services and {{wp|Renewable energy|renewable energy}} development. He resigned to run in the [[2005 Harborough—Amber Park by-election]] as a candidate for the [[National Liberal Party of Westcliff]], flipping the seat and representing the party's first win in the [[Harborough]] area.
Ashton submitted himself as a candidate in the [[2007 National Liberal Party of Westcliff leadership election]], narrowly defeating runner-up [[Ashleigh Khanna]] on the third ballot with 51.3% of points allocated. He led his party to victory during the [[2008 Westcliff legislative election|2008 legislative elections]], delivering the National Liberals their first majority in a provincial legislature.
==Early life==
==Business career==
==Early political career==
==Governor of Westcliff (2008-2014)==
==Leader of the National Liberals (2015-2017)==
==Presidency (2020–present)==
==Political positions==
===Economy===
===Electoral reform===
===Foreign policy===
===Immigration===
===Defence and security===
===Environment===
===Healthcare===
===Education===
==Controversies==
==Personal life==
==Electoral record==
===Federal===
===Provincial===

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