Brian Williams (Napoleon's World)

Brian Douglas Williams (born May 5, 1959) is an American Nationalist politician who served as the __th Governor of New York from 2003 to 2010 and who is the nominee-in-waiting of the National Party's Presidential ticket for the 2012 United States Presidential election. Prior to serving as Governor, Williams served a single tour of duty in Brazil as a first lieutenant in the United States Army (1981-1983) and was honorably discharged, and was a New York state prosecutor from 1986-1991 and State Senator from 1991-2003, serving as Majority Leader of the Senate and by proxy Temporary President of the Senate from 1999-2003. He represented the same Rochester-based district throughout his term. Politically, he is regarded as conservative-leaning but moderate, and his record as Governor of New York is seen as being socially liberal and fiscally conservative.

Assumed by some to be a potential 2008 Presidential nominee after winning the 2006 New York Gubernatorial election by a broad margin, Williams stayed out of the race after a long speculative period when he announced in a press conference in Albany that he would fulfill his obligations to the State of New York by completing his second and final term. Williams officially formed an exploratory committee in early December 2010 as his term neared expiration and became the second Nationalist to officially announce his candidacy in February 2011, placing him as the immediate frontrunner throughout the spring, summer and fall leading up to the 2012 primary season. On March 13, 2012, Williams clinched the 1,240 delegates necessary to become the presumptive nominee of the National Party by sweeping high-stakes winner-take-all contests in three delegate-rich states (Florida, Illinois and home-state New York).