Danny Williams is a Canadian businessman and politician. He is currently the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Williams attended Memorial University, where he received a degree in political science and economics. In 1969, he was awarded the Rhodes Scholarship and went to Oxford University, earning a Degree in Arts in Law. He then earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax.

Williams practised law from 1972, becoming a highly successful lawyer, and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1984. While still in law school, Williams led a consortium of businesspeople that was granted Newfoundland's first cable television license. Through major acquisitions, he built Cable Atlantic into one of the largest communications companies in Atlantic Canada. As the principal owner, he eventually sold it to Rogers Cable Inc. for 300 million dollars. Williams also served as president of OIS Fisher, an offshore oil and natural gas company.

Williams ran for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2001. He was elected leader of the party and gained a seat in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in a by-election.

He led his party to victory in the 2003 general election and became the province's ninth premier.

He attracted considerable national attention on 23 December 2004 when he ordered all Canadian flags removed from provincial buildings in reply to a dispute with Prime Minister Paul Martin over inequities in revenues accruing to Newfoundland and Labrador over its offshore oil resources. Several weeks later, in late January 2005, Williams and Martin reached a deal which revised the royalty formula and saw the Government of Canada award Newfoundland $2.6 Billion (Cdn) as an advance on royalties.