Former Welsh Lib Dem Baroness Jenny Randerson dies aged 76

The previous Welsh Liberal Democrat politician Jenny Randerson has died at 76.
Baroness Randerson was elected in 1999 and represented Cardiff Central, beating Labour candidate Mark Drakeford for the seat.
She represented the celebration within the then Welsh Meeting – now the Senedd – from 1999 to 2011 and served within the Welsh Labour-Lib Dem administration of the 2000-2003 Welsh Meeting authorities.
Welsh Lib Dem chief Janes Dodds mentioned her work as a minister “left an indelible mark on our politics and society”.
Ms Dodds added she could be “deeply missed by her household, mates, colleagues, and the numerous people whose lives she touched via her public service”.
“From free entry to Wales’s nationwide museums to the choice to construct Wales Millennium Centre, Jenny devoted her life to serving the individuals of Cardiff and Wales.”
Baroness Randerson started her profession in schooling as a secondary faculty instructor and later as a lecturer at Coleg Glan Hafren in Cardiff.
She additionally served as a Cardiff councillor from 1983 to 2000, serving to to develop the Welsh Liberal Democrat celebration’s presence within the capital and main the council’s official opposition for 4 years.
She grew to become the primary feminine Liberal Democrat minister anyplace within the UK as Minister for Tradition, Sport and the Welsh Language from 2000 to 2003 and was performing deputy first minister from July 2001 to June 2002.
The celebration mentioned she was “instrumental in introducing a cultural technique aimed toward selling the Welsh language”.
After stepping down from the Meeting in 2011, she was appointed a life peer.
Within the Home of Lords, she continued her dedication to public service, notably serving as parliamentary below secretary of state for Wales.
She was the primary ever feminine Welsh Liberal Democrat to carry ministerial workplace at Westminster and the primary Welsh Liberal to carry a UK ministerial publish since Gwilym Lloyd-George in 1945.
Past politics, Baroness Randerson served as Chancellor of Cardiff College and was additionally a patron of assorted charities together with Wales Council for Deaf Folks, the Cardiff and Vale Youth Wind Band and the African Moms’ Basis.