Dafydd_Trystan_Davies

Dafydd Trystan Davies

Dafydd Trystan Davies

Welsh politician (born 1974)

Dafydd Trystan Davies (born 11 August 1974[1]) is a Welsh academic and politician, who was chair of Plaid Cymru from 2013[2] until 2019, when he was replaced by Alun Ffred Jones.[3] Trystan is currently the Senior Academic Manager and Registrar for Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.[4]

Dafydd Trystan Davies was born in Aberdare and now lives in Grangetown, Cardiff. He studied at Ysgol Rhydfelen and at Aberystwyth University, gaining a doctorate for his work on Globalisation and the Welsh economy.[5]

Davies was Plaid's parliamentary candidate for the Cynon Valley constituency at the 2010 general election, and was the party's candidate for the Welsh Assembly for the same constituency in 2011.[6] In July 2013 he was selected as Plaid's Welsh Assembly candidate for the Cardiff South and Penarth seat, for the elections in 2016,[7] where he came third with 14.3% of the votes.

Davies succeeded Helen Mary Jones in the position of chair at the annual conference of Plaid Cymru in October 2013.

References

  1. [1]
    Aberdare Online – DAFYDD TRYSTAN DAVIES Plaid candidate Cynon Valley, 5 May 2010
  2. [2]
    Plaid Cymru official website: "Dafydd Trystan Davies is the new Plaid Cymru chair", 12 October 2013 Archived 22 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 15 October 2013
  3. [3]
    Ruth Mosalski (5 October 2019). "New chair of Plaid Cymru is announced". WalesOnline. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
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    "Contact Us".
  5. [5]
    Aberdare Online, 14 October 2013 Archived 2013-10-17 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 15 October 2013
  6. [6]
    Wales Online, "Dr Dafydd Trystan Davies selected as Cynon Valley’s Plaid Cymru candidate in next year’s Welsh Assembly elections", 16 September 2010. Accessed 15 October 2013
  7. [7]
    "PLAID’S DR DAFYDD TRYSTAN DAVIES TO FIGHT LABOUR’S VAUGHAN GETHING FOR PENARTH ASSEMBLY SEAT", Penarth News, 26 July 2013. Accessed 15 October 2013
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