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Niamh Nic Uilliam | |
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 Nic Uilliam in 2001 | |
| Taoiseach of Caldia | |
| In office 15 June 1992 – 17 March 2002 | |
| Monarch | Ellen II Elton II |
| Deputy | Conán Mac Donnchadh Séamus Ó Faoláin |
| Preceded by | Patricia Flowers |
| Succeeded by | Séamus Ó Faoláin |
| Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition | |
| In office 21 June 1987 – 15 June 1992 | |
| Monarch | Ellen II |
| In office 14 April 1985 – 21 June 1987 | |
| Leader of the Social Democrats | |
| In office 21 June 1987 – 4 August 2001 | |
| Member of the Euclean Parliament | |
| In office 3 September 2004 – 15 July 2009 | |
| Teachta Comhthionól for Tóinderry-Adhmaburgh | |
| Assumed office 12 June 1982 - 1 January 2004 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Niamh Nic Uilliam 27 February 1949 Adhmaburgh, County Tóinderry, Caldia |
| Political party | Social Democrats |
| Spouse | Eilís Nic Cheallach (1973 - present) |
| Children | 3 children |
Niamh Nic Uilliam (born 27 February 1949) is a retired Caldish politician and served as the Taoiseach of Caldia from 1992 to 2002. She was the leader of the Caldish Social Democratic Party from 1987 until 2001. From 2004 until 2009 she was a member of the Euclean Parliament.
Nic Uilliam is remembered for reforms made to education, welfare, and the environment in addition to the 2001-2002 Caldish government crisis. She was the first taoiseach to be removed from the office by the Caldish monarch in the nation's history.
Early life
Nic Uilliam was born to a middle class family in Adhmaburgh, County Tóinderry. Her parents were Muirís Mac Uilliam, a secondary school teacher, and Deirbhile Nic Beathag, a university professor. She spent her childhood in her native Adhmaburgh where she attended school. Nic Uilliam studied at St Adomnán's University and received a degree in education. She then studied early childhood education at the University of Verlois and obtained a masters degree. While at university, she was involved in the Social Democratic Party's student union.
After university, she worked as a primary school teacher in County Tóinderry and became active within the Caldish Teachers' Union (AMG).
Political career
Member of the Comhthionól
She was first elected as a member of the Comhthionól Náisiúnta in 1982 for the Tóinderry-Adhmaburgh constituency. Her election was supported by the teachers' union and she worked closely with the AMG while in the Comhthionól.
Nic Uilliam supported education reform efforts that failed to materialize. She was a frequent critic of Patricia Flowers but also dissented from the PSD's leadership. This resulted in her reassignment from more influential committees to less important ones in 1983. However, she later became the party's spokesperson for education.
In 1985, Nic Uilliam became deputy leader of the Social Democrats with Fíona Nic Chonsaidín. After the PSD's defeat in the 1987 election, she was elected leader of the party. As party leader, she criticized the Flowers government for being too extreme in its support of economic liberalism and called for a more moderate approach. Her positions differed with the PSD's traditional support for socialism, which lost electoral support after the 1970s recession. She adopted moderate economic positions and supported what she described as "sensible socialism".
In the 1992 election, the Social Democrats' had their best electoral performance since 1935. The party won a 221 seats in the Comhthionól, a majority.