Alun Ffred Jones
Alun Ffred Jones (born 29 October 1949) is a Welsh politician and member of Plaid Cymru and former television producer, writer and director. Jones was the National *embly for Wales Member for Caernarfon 2003–07 and for the newly created Arfon cons*uency since the 2007 National *embly for Wales election. In 2008 he made history by being the first UK representative to speak in the Welsh language at a meeting of the European Union. He has been Chair of Plaid Cymru since October 2019.
Contents
- 1 Background
- 2 Political career
- 3 References
- 4 External links
- 5 Offices held
Background
Jones was born in Brynamman and is the brother of former Plaid Cymru President Dafydd Iwan. He was educated at the University of Wales, Bangor. Before his election, he was a television director and producer for Ffilmiau'r Nant and a BAFTA Cymru winner as co-writer of the S4C Welsh language comedy series, C’mon Midffild!. Before that he was a Welsh teacher and Head of Department and then a journalist with HTV. Jones speaks Welsh, English and French.
Political career
Jones is the former Leader of Gwynedd County Council and is the chair of Nantlle Vale Football Club. His main political interests are in broadcasting, community development and the economy. On 22 July 2008 he was appointed Minister for Heritage in the Welsh Labour/Plaid Cymru coalition Welsh *embly Government, and in this role he was active in obtaining approval for the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011.
On 20 November 2008, Jones became the first person to use the Welsh language as a representative of the UK government at a European Union meeting in Brussels.
References
External links
- Alun Ffred Jones AM website
- Plaid Cymru Website
Offices held
British ParliamentHouse of Lords (Peers)- Dafydd Elis-Thomas (2012–16)
- Dafydd Wigley
organisations
- Plaid Ifanc
- European Free Alliance
- Greens–European Free Alliance