Rhodri Glyn Thomas
| Rhodri Glyn Thomas | |
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| Minister for Heritage | |
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In office 11 July 2007 – 18 July 2008 |
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| First Minister | Rhodri Morgan |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Alun Ffred Jones |
| Member of the Welsh Assembly for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr |
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In office 6 May 1999 – 4 April 2016 |
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| Preceded by | New Assembly |
| Succeeded by | Adam Price |
| Majority | 8,469 (28.9%) |
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11 April 1953 Wrexham, Wales |
| Political party | Plaid Cymru |
| Alma mater | University of Wales, Lampeter, Bangor University, Aberystwyth University |
| Religion | Congregationalist |
Rhodri Glyn Thomas (born 11 April 1953) is a Welsh politician. He has been the Plaid Cymru National Assembly for Wales Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr since 1999, but did not re-stand for election in 2016. Following his retirement from the Assembly he was appointed President of the National Library of Wales.
Thomas was born in Wrexham, Denbighshire. He attended Ysgol Bodhyfryd, Wrexham, and then Ysgol Morgan Llwyd, Wrexham before leaving for the University of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1975 to study for a degree in Welsh. After graduating in 1978, he studied for a BD degree in Theology at the University of Wales, Bangor and Bala-Bangor Theological Seminary under R. Tudur Jones. In 1991 he studied for a MTh degree at the University of Wales, Lampeter, reading American Theology although the final thesis he submitted was on the Union of Welsh Independents (Undeb yr Annibynwyr Cymraeg) role in the struggle to revive the Welsh Language in the 20th century.
Thomas is a Minister of Religion, the director of a language consultancy, a former Chair of CND Cymru and Welsh spokesperson for the Forum of Private Business.
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