Aliyah Williams

Aliyah Bairfolm Williams (born 26 August 1990, age ) is a Jonathian politican affiliated with the Liberal Party currently serving as the 40th and current deputy prime minister of Jonathia since 2023, under the government of Lily Danyon, whom she succeeded. Aliyah Williams is the first black person to hold the position of deputy prime minister. She previously served as Secretary of Health under prime minister Jonas Albert between 2017 and 2023.
Aliyah is of Tarestian descent. Aliyah's election marked a cultural shift in Jonathia, leading to many projections that she would one day become prime minister. After losing the 2021 primaries in the Liberal Party, Aliyah later joined Lily Danyon on the Liberal ticket for the 2023 election.
== Life ==
=== Early life (1990 - 2005) ===
Aliyah was born to a farming family in 1990. Her father, an Ando-Tapanthian immigrant of Tarestian descent, was strict on young Aliyah, in order to make her a notable member of society. As a child, Aliyah had a slight animus towards her father, and expectedly, she grew close to her mother.
Aliyah had ended up being homeschooled at her father's request.
=== MP for Unadia and admission into the Liberal Party (2013 - 2019) ===
Aliyah originally ran in 2013 as an independent MP, before deciding to join the Liberal Party a mere 4 weeks following her campaign announcement. Being from a largely Republican-supporting province dominated by white people, her campaign was called a joke by Unadian conservative media outlets. After losing the election in both 2013 and 2015, Aliyah was finally elected in a landslide Liberal vote in 2017, the latter caused by the massive popularity of Jonas Albert. Aliyah was the first black person to be elected to parliament since 1991.
=== Secretary of Health and campaign for prime minister (2019 - present) ===
Aliyah was chosen as Secretary of Health by prime minister Albert following his win in 2019, after the previous secretary, David Langford, ironically resigned due to health problems. She led Jonathia's COVID-19 response, creating the Jonathian version of the tiered lockdown system, as well as ordering the closure of the Jonathian-Canadish border a mere 2 days after it was opened in order to keep entrance levels into the nation down.
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