Cynog Dafis
| Cynog Dafis | |
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| Member of the Welsh Assembly for Mid and West Wales |
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In office 6 May 1999 – 1 May 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Succeeded by | Helen Mary Jones |
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Member of Parliament for Ceredigion |
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In office 9 April 1992 – 10 January 2000 |
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| Preceded by | Geraint Howells |
| Succeeded by | Simon Thomas |
| Personal details | |
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Cynog Glyndwr Davies 1 April 1938 Treboeth, Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales |
| Nationality |
 Welsh
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| Political party | Plaid Cymru |
| Spouse(s) | Llinos Iorwerth Jones |
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| Residence | 'Cedrwydd', Llandre, Ceredigion, Wales |
| Alma mater | University of Wales, Aberystwyth |
Cynog Glyndwr Dafis (born 1 April 1938) is a Welsh politician and member of Plaid Cymru. Born Cynog Glyndwr Davies at Treboeth in Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales, he was initially a school teacher and researcher before entering politics.
Dafis was educated at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. During his teaching career he worked in a number of secondary schools at Pontardawe, Newcastle Emlyn, Aberaeron and Llandysul.
Dafis was a Member of Parliament for Ceredigion from 1992 until 2000, having been supported by a coalition of local Plaid Cymru and Green party activists, the latter of which had worked with him on a number of environmental initiatives..
During this eight-year period as an MP, Dafis voted for, among other matters, equal gay rights, against greater autonomy for schools, and for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords..
In 2000 he resigned as an MP to devote more time as a member of the National Assembly for Wales, to which he had been elected in 1999.
In a speech at the 2000 National Eisteddfod at Llanelli, Dafis called for a new Welsh language movement with greater powers to lobby for the Welsh language at the Assembly, UK, and EU levels. Dafis felt the needs of the language were ignored during the first year of the Assembly, and that in order to ensure a dynamic growth of the Welsh language a properly resourced strategy was needed. In his speech Dafis encouraged other Welsh language advocacy groups to work closer together creating a more favourable climate in which using Welsh was "attractive, exciting, a source of pride and a sign of strength". Dafis pointed towards efforts in areas such as Catalonia and the Basque country as successful examples to emulate.
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