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.
Welsh nationalism emphasises and celebrates the distinctiveness of Welsh culture and Wales as a nation or country. Welsh nationalism may also include calls for further autonomy or self-determination,which includes Welsh devolution,meaning increased powers for the Senedd,or full Welsh independence.
R. Merfyn Jones CBE is a Welsh historian and broadcaster,was vice-chancellor of Bangor University and a governor of the BBC.
Rhodri Glyn Thomas is a Welsh politician. He was the Plaid Cymru National Assembly for Wales Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr from 1999 to 2016,when he did not re-stand for election. Following his retirement from the Assembly he was appointed President of the National Library of Wales.
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.
Andrew John Dixon is a Welsh politician and former member of Plaid Cymru. He stood in election for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire constituency in the 2007 National Assembly for Wales election.
Meredydd Evans,known colloquially as Merêd,was a collector,editor,historian and performer of folk music of Wales. A major figure in Welsh media for over half a century,Evans has been described as influencing "almost every sphere of Welsh cultural life,from folk music and philosophy to broadcasting and language politics".
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.
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.
Edward Glynne Millward,also known as Tedi Millward,was a Welsh scholar and nationalist politician.
Dyddgu Hywel is a Welsh rugby union player who plays fullback for the Gloucester Hartpury and the Wales women's national rugby union team. She won her first international cap against Ireland at the 2013 Women's Six Nations Championship. Outside of rugby,she is a lecturer for the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol at Cardiff Metropolitan University.
Owain Arfon Jones is a Welsh police officer who was the Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales Police from 2016 to 2021. He is a former member of Plaid Cymru.
Elections of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales were held on 5 May 2016.
Siân Gwenllian is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician who has represented the constituency of Arfon in the Senedd since 2016. She currently holds the seat with a majority of 8,642 votes.
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.
