Dafydd Elis-Thomas

Dafydd Elis Elis -Thomas, Baron Elis -Thomas, PC, ( born October 18, 1946) is a Welsh politician and former Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales By 1999 to 2011. He sits in the House of Lords, a former party leader of Plaid Cymru and since 2004 a member of the Privy Council.

Personal

Thomas grew up in Ceredigion and in Llanrwst. In 1970 he married Elen Williams, with whom he has three sons. They were later divorced, and from 1980 to 1992 was his partner Marjorie Thompson, the chairman of the peace movement organization Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. In 1993 he married Mair Parry Jones, head of the Interpreting Division of the National Assembly. He lives in Llandaff, Cardiff and in Betws -y -Coed.

Professional career

From 1994 to 1999 he was chairman of the Welsh Language Board and is a former member of the Arts Council of Wales and the British Film Institute. In addition, he was from 1992 to 1999 Director and Deputy Chief Executive of Cynefin Environmental Ltd.. As a former teacher, he was also president of the Bangor University since 2000 and is part of the control loop, the Church in Wales.

Political career

Houses Of Parliament

From 1974 to 1983 he was in the constituency of Meirionnydd Westmister deputy of the lower house from 1983 for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituency. He was raised to life peer in 1992. He changed his name from Thomas Elis -Thomas by deed poll so that he could assume the title of Baron Elis -Thomas.

2012 Lord Elis -Thomas has been criticized by the group Fix Parliament as the most expensive member of the House of Lords, because he had participated in a single vote in 2011, but £ 15,488.70 've settled on spending.

National Assembly for Wales

Elis -Thomas is also a member of the National Assembly for Wales, where he sat from 1999 to 2007 Meirionnydd Nant Conwy for Dwyfor Meirionnydd and then represented. He was also from 1999 to 2011 Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales.

"Mrs. Windsor " incident

In December 2004, Elis -Thomas demanded by Leanne Wood that she had to leave the chamber because they had called the Queen during a debate without your title as " Mrs Windsor ". Leanne Wood was the first member of the chamber, which had to leave the chamber for these reasons.