Ieuan Wyn Jones
| Ieuan Wyn Jones | |
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| Deputy First Minister for Wales | |
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In office 11 July 2007 – 13 May 2011 |
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| First Minister |
Rhodri Morgan Carwyn Jones |
| Preceded by | Michael German |
| Leader of Plaid Cymru | |
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In office 16 March 2000 – 16 March 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Dafydd Wigley |
| Succeeded by | Leanne Wood |
| Member of the Welsh Assembly for Ynys Môn |
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In office 6 May 1999 – 20 June 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Succeeded by | Rhun ap Iorwerth |
| Majority | 2,937 (12.2%) |
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Member of Parliament for Ynys Môn |
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In office 11 June 1987 – 7 June 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Keith Best |
| Succeeded by | Albert Owen |
| Personal details | |
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22 May 1949 Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Political party | Plaid Cymru |
| Spouse(s) | Eirian Llwyd |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Liverpool Polytechnic |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Website | Official website |
Ieuan Wyn Jones (born 22 May 1949) is a Welsh politician who was the Deputy First Minister in the Welsh Assembly Government from 2007 to 2011. He was the Member of the National Assembly for Wales for the Ynys Môn constituency from 1999 to 2013, and he was also leader of Plaid Cymru from 2000 to 2012. Jones served as Member of Parliament for Ynys Môn constituency from 1987 to 2001, when he retired to focus on his work in the Welsh Assembly. In 2007, Jones was named Wales' "Politician of the Year" by the BBC Wales am.pm programme. He resigned from the Welsh Assembly on 20 June 2013.
Ieuan Wyn Jones was born in Denbigh, Wales, and is a Welsh speaker. He has lived in both north and south Wales. Jones's early education was at Pontardawe Grammar School and at Ysgol y Berwyn in Bala, Gwynedd. Jones's brother Rhisiart said "The time we spent living in Garnswllt (between Ammanford, in Carmarthenshire, and Pontarddulais, in Swansea) was a very happy time for us as a family," adding "Many people think that Ieuan is just a '' but parts of south Wales are very close to his heart."
In England Jones studied law at Liverpool Polytechnic where he met Dafydd Elis Thomas; and later studied at the University of London. Rhisiart Jones said his brother loves to travel and that after college Ieuan "organised a 'rite of passage' trip across Europe in his Hillman Imp."
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