Personal history
Rhun ap Iorwerth was first
elected as the Member for Anglesey in a by-election in August 2013. He was
brought up on the island and educated at Ysgol David Hughes and Cardiff
University, where he graduated in Politics and Welsh. Fluent in Welsh, he is
married and has three children.
Professional background
Rhun was a journalist and
broadcaster for almost 20 years before being elected. He joined BBC Wales in
1994 and worked for some time in Westminster before returning to Wales after
the 1997 devolution vote. A former Chief Political Correspondent, he has also
been a BBC Network News correspondent and has presented a wide range of television
and radio programmes, in Welsh and English.
Political history
In the time since he was first
returned Rhun has served as Shadow Minister for the Economy and Transport,
Health and Care, and Finance, and as a member of the corresponding Assembly and
Senedd committees. He has also, at various times, been a member of the Public
Accounts Committee, the Petitions Committee and the Standards Committee, and
has also served as a Senedd Commissioner, and as Deputy Leader of the Plaid
Cymru Group during the Fifth Senedd.
