Hywel Williams
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Hywel Williams MP |
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Member of Parliament for Arfon Caernarfon (2001–2010) |
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Assumed office 7 June 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Dafydd Wigley |
| Majority | 3,668 (13.4%) |
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14 May 1953 Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire, Wales |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Political party | Plaid Cymru |
| Alma mater | University of Wales, Cardiff |
Hywel Williams (born 14 May 1953) is a Welsh politician and Plaid Cymru Member of Parliament for Arfon. He previously represented Caernarfon.
He was born in Pwllheli in 1953, and received his education at Ysgol Troed yr Allt, Pwllheli Grammar School and then Ysgol Glan y Môr.
He studied Psychology at the University of Wales, Cardiff before qualifying as a social worker at the University of Wales, Bangor in 1977/78. He was a mental health social worker in the Dwyfor area before joining the Centre for Social Work Practice at the University of Wales, Bangor in 1985.
He was a project worker at the Centre, specialising in developing practice through the medium of Welsh, developing a host of short courses available in Welsh for the first time, as well as producing and editing numerous books and training packages with my colleagues, including the first ever social work vocabulary in Welsh. He was appointed Head of the Centre in 1993.
In 1995, Williams left to work as a freelance lecturer, consultant and writer in the fields of social policy, social work, and social care, working primarily through the medium of Welsh. For the next six years, he worked for a variety of universities and colleges in Wales and abroad, as well as working for public bodies, charities, private companies and local and central government, including spending time as an adviser to the House of Commons Welsh Affairs Committee.
Williams has been a member of numerous professional bodies in relation to social work and training, and was also spokesman for the Child Poverty Action Group in Wales.
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