The Welsh Language Society is a direct action pressure group in Wales campaigning for the right of Welsh people to use the Welsh language in every aspect of their lives. The chair of the Welsh Language Society since October 2023 is Joseff Gnagbo.
Elfyn Llwyd PC is a Welsh barrister and politician. He was a Member of Parliament,representing Meirionnydd Nant Conwy in the House of Commons from 1992 to 2010 and Dwyfor Meirionnydd from 2010 to 2015. Llwyd was Plaid Cymru's Westminster parliamentary group leader.
Simon George Thomas is a Welsh former politician who was a member of Plaid Cymru. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Ceredigion from 2000 to 2005,and an Assembly Member in the National Assembly for Wales representing the Mid and West Wales list between 2011 and 2018.
Dafydd Elis Elis-Thomas,Baron Elis-Thomas,,is a Welsh politician who served as the leader of Plaid Cymru from 1984 to 1991 and represented the Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency in the Senedd from 1999 to 2021.
R. Merfyn Jones CBE is a Welsh historian and broadcaster,was vice-chancellor of Bangor University and a governor of the BBC.
Mark Fraser Williams is a British politician who served as leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats from 2016 to 2017. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ceredigion constituency,between 2005 and 2017. He sat on the Welsh Affairs Select Committee,and in 2006 he became a Shadow Minister for Wales under Menzies Campbell.
William John Gruffydd was a Welsh scholar,poet,writer and editor,and the last Member of Parliament to represent the University of Wales seat.
Elin Jones is a Welsh politician who has served as the Llywydd of the Senedd since 2016. A member of Plaid Cymru,Jones has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Ceredigion since 1999.
David James Jones,commonly known by his bardic name Gwenallt,was a Welsh poet,critic,and scholar,and one of the most important figures of 20th-century Welsh-language literature. He created his bardic name by transposing Alltwen,the name of the village across the river from his birthplace.
Dafydd Elystan Elystan-Morgan,Baron Elystan-Morgan,known as Elystan Morgan,was a Welsh politician. He sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords from 1981 to 2020,and served as a Labour MP from 1966 to 1974.
Andrew John Dixon is a Welsh politician and former member of Plaid Cymru.
Gwenllian Lansdown Davies is a former Welsh Plaid Cymru politician,a former County Councillor for Riverside,and Chief Executive of Plaid Cymru between 2007 and 2011. She is currently the Chief Executive of Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin.
The 2008 election to Ceredigion County Council was held on 1 May 2008 along with elections to other Welsh councils,plus the London Mayor and Assembly Elections,Metropolitan English councils and Non Metropolitan English councils elections. All 42 council seats are up for election. It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election.
Andrew M. Green MCLIP,FLSW is a published author. From 1998 to 2013,he was the Librarian of the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth,a position which was inaugurated on 1 January 1909,when the Library came into existence. Green was the 9th holder of the position.
Christopher Salmon is a Conservative politician,who served as Dyfed-Powys Police and Crime Commissioner,the largest police area in England and Wales,from November 2012 until May 2016. He was the first person to hold the post and was elected on 15 November 2012.
The Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol,known in both Welsh and English simply as Coleg,was established in 2011 by the Welsh Government to work with universities in Wales to develop Welsh-language courses and resources for students;it also provides and advances Welsh medium courses,scholarship and research in Welsh universities. Although headquartered in Carmarthen,the Coleg does not have its own campus,but works through a number of branches across universities in Wales. It is a recognised charity. The aim of the branches is to support the Coleg's work and act as a point of contact for students. The Chief Executive is Dr Ioan Matthews and the chair is Andrew Green.
Dafydd Trystan Davies is a Welsh academic and politician,who was chair of Plaid Cymru from 2013 until 2019,when he was replaced by Alun Ffred Jones. Trystan is currently the Senior Academic Manager and Registrar for Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.
Elections of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales were held on 5 May 2016.
The Dyfed-Powys Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner,an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Dyfed-Powys Police in the Welsh counties of Dyfed and Powys. The post was created in November 2012,following an election held on 15 November 2012,and replaced the Dyfed-Powys Police Authority. The current incumbent is Dafydd Llywelyn,who represents Plaid Cymru.
Gwlad is a centre-right Welsh nationalist and pro-independence political party. Its current leader is Gwyn Wigley Evans.
