Elin Jones | |
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 Jones in 2021 | |
| Llywydd of the Senedd | |
| Assumed office 11 May 2016 | |
| Deputy | Ann Jones David Rees |
| Preceded by | Rosemary Butler |
| Deputy Leader of Plaid Cymru | |
| In office 17 July 2012 – 11 May 2016 | |
| Leader | Leanne Wood |
| Preceded by | Helen Mary Jones |
| Succeeded by | Siân Gwenllian Rhun ap Iorwerth |
| Minister for Rural Affairs | |
| In office 19 July 2007 – 11 May 2011 | |
| First Minister | Rhodri Morgan Carwyn Jones |
| Preceded by | Carwyn Jones |
| Succeeded by | Lesley Griffiths |
| Member of the Senedd forCeredigion | |
| Assumed office 6 May 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Majority | 12,145 (39.5%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1966-09-01)1 September 1966 (age 58) Lampeter, Wales |
| Political party | Plaid Cymru |
| Alma mater | Cardiff University, Aberystwyth University |
Elin Jones (born 1 September 1966),MS,PC is a Welsh politician who has served as theLlywydd of the Senedd since 2016. A member ofPlaid Cymru, Jones has been theMember of the Senedd (MS) forCeredigion since1999.[2]
Jones attendedLlanwnnen Primary School andLampeter Comprehensive. She graduated fromUniversity of Wales, Cardiff with a BSc in Economics and took a post-graduate MSc in Agricultural Economics at theUniversity of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1989.[3] Previously she was employed as an Economic Development officer for the Development Board for Rural Wales. She is a former Shadow Environment, Planning and Countryside Minister.[4]
Jones speaks Welsh and English. She is also a former director ofRadio Ceredigion and of Wes Glei Cyf, a television production company. She lives inAberaeron and enjoys music, film, reading and formerly sang with the Welsh singing group Cwlwm.[4]
Elin Jones served onAberystwyth Town Council from 1992-1999 and was the youngest-ever Mayor of Aberystwyth from 1997 to 1998.[5][6] She was the National Chair ofPlaid Cymru between 2000 and 2002.[7]
In the first Assembly elections in 1999 Elin Jones was elected as Assembly Member forCeredigion and served as Shadow Economic Development Minister during the Assembly’s first term. Following the Assembly election in 2003, she retained this portfolio until 2006 when she became Shadow Minister for Environment, Planning & Countryside. On 9 July 2007 theOne Wales government was formed and Elin Jones was madeMinister for Rural Affairs. Elin Jones continued in this position until Plaid Cymru left Government at the2011 elections.[4] Her record was criticized byGeorge Monbiot in his 2013 bookFeral.[8]
In the fourth Assembly she became Plaid's health spokesperson and unsuccessfully contested the leadership election following the resignation ofIeuan Wyn Jones.[9]
In the fifth Assembly she beat fellow Plaid Cymru AMDafydd Elis-Thomas to becomePresiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales by 34 votes to his 25.[10] She is also Llywydd of the Welsh Youth Parliament
In June 2021, Jones attempted to ban Members of the Senedd from displaying flags in their offices.[11]
| Senedd | ||
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| Preceded by (new post) | Member of the Senedd forCeredigion 1999–present | Incumbent |
| Preceded by | Llywydd of the Senedd 2016–present | Incumbent |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by (new post) | Shadow Economic Development Minister 1999–2006 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by TBC | Shadow Minister for Environment, Planning & Countryside 2006–2007 | Succeeded by (post reorganised) |
| Preceded by | Minister for Rural Affairs 2007–2011 | Succeeded by (post reorganised) |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Chair ofPlaid Cymru 2000–2002 | Succeeded by |
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