Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Baron Elis-Thomas
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The Right Honourable The Lord Elis-Thomas PC AM |
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| Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales | |
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In office 12 May 1999 – 11 May 2011 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | New post |
| Succeeded by | Rosemary Butler |
| Member of the Welsh Assembly for Dwyfor Meirionnydd Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (1999–2007) |
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Assumed office 6 May 1999 |
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| Preceded by | New Assembly |
| Majority | 8,868 (40.1%) |
| Member of Parliament for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy Meirionnydd (Feb. 1974–1983) |
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In office 28 February 1974 – 9 April 1992 |
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| Preceded by | William Edwards |
| Succeeded by | Elfyn Llwyd |
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Dafydd Elis Thomas 18 October 1946 Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations |
Plaid Cymru (before 1970–2016) |
| Spouse(s) | Elen M. Williams Mair Parry Jones (present) |
| Children | 3 |
Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Baron Elis-Thomas, PC (born 18 October 1946) is a Welsh politician, representing the Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency in the National Assembly for Wales. Born in Carmarthen, Wales, he was raised in Ceredigion and the Conwy Valley. He represented Merioneth, then Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituencies as Member of Parliament from 1974 to 1992. and was the Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales from its inception in 1999 to 2011. He is a member of the House of Lords, a former leader of Plaid Cymru, and, since 2004, a privy counsellor. On 14 October 2016 he left the party in order to support the Welsh Government and now sits as an independent in the Welsh Assembly.
Thomas was born on 18 October 1946 at Priory Hospital, Carmarthen, and brought up in the Llandysul area of Ceredigion, and in Llanrwst in the Conwy Valley. In 1970, he married Elen Williams and had three sons. They later divorced. From the mid-1980s until 1992 his partner was Marjorie Thompson, the chairwoman of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). In 1993, he married Mair Parry Jones. He lives in Llandaff, Cardiff (when working at the National Assembly) and Betws-y-Coed (in the Aberconwy constituency, but prior to boundary changes in his constituency).
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