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Islwyn Andrew Cedric (born 8th June 1953, aged 63) is a Rainian National Union politician who currently serves as a senator for Pontydriff. He previously served as Prime Minister and National Union party leader from 2000 to 2004 and as both deputy prime minister and Minister of the Treasury from 1994 to 1999. He represented the constituency of Dwynnedd from 1981 to 2007.

Cedric trained as a lawyer at the University of Rainier, and became involved in politics in 1977 when he ran unsuccessfully as a National Union candidate for the House of Councillors in the 1977 election. In 1981 he was elected to the House of Councillors in the seat of Dwynnedd, and quickly made a name for himself as one of the most prominent and articulate members of the new right wing of the party, aggressively supporting neoconservatism and neoliberalism. In 1990 Cedric and another ambitious National Union MP, Carwyn Maddock, made an agreement to topple the then leader Michael Gwent and form a new National Union leadership with a more moderate image. In 1990 Maddock successfully became National Union leader with Cedric as his deputy and shadow treasury minister, when in 1994 the pair led the National Union party to victory over the then incumbent Labour government, with Cedric becoming deputy prime minister and Minister of the Treasury.

As Treasury Minister Cedric speared the adoption of a value added goods and services tax in the 1990's which caused controversy at the time. He also presided over a period of economic growth, although Cedric's radical market reforms was blocked by Maddock who favoured a more centrist economic policy. However, throughout his tenure as Treasury Minter Cedric was at loggerheads with Maddock over American policy, and resigned from cabinet in 1999 when Maddock announced a referendum on whether Rainier should intergrate itself more into the Conference of American States. Cedric campaigned for the successful "no" vote which along with his resignation caused Maddock to be politically weakened, leading Cedric to make a leadership challenge in January 2000 against Maddock which he won. Maddock resigned, with Cedric becoming National Union leader and Prime Minister.

Cedric during his tenure pushed for more deregulation and privatisation then previously attempted by Rainian governments, especially lowering interest rates and kicking off a housing boom. His government also in the light of the expanded police powers and deployed troops to Afghanistan. In 2003 he supported Rainian involvement in the as part of his  foreign policy.

In 2003 his government came under close scrutiny after the TriMet Affair when it emerged that his government that agreed to privatise the state owned TriMet company to Conservative Party donor Thomas Gelding. This galvanised several protests that demanded Cedric's resignation from government. The TriMet affair resulted in the government to gain an image of corruption which alongside a mediocre economy and the continuing controversy over the Iraq War led to the governments defeat in the 2004 election. Cedric resigned from the House of Councillors in 2007. In 2010, he returned to politics being appointed to the House of Senators for the constituency of Pontydriff, and has continued to promote Ameroskeptic and neoconservative policies.

Cedric's premiership has elicited a mixed reaction by academics. Whilst praised for maintaining Rainier's economic growth during the early 2000's, his stance on the Iraq War has been criticised and in retrospect his government's cultivation of the housing bubble. Credic's involvement in the TriMet scandal have particularly damaged his reputation.