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{{Short description|Welsh politician (1946–2025)}}
{{Redirect|Dafydd Thomas|the ''Little Britain'' character|Daffyd Thomas}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name                = The Lord Elis-Thomas
| honorific-suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|PC}}
| image               = Dafydd Elis-Thomas official portrait (cropped).jpg
| imagesize           = 
| alt                 = 
| caption             = Official portrait, 2019
| order               = 
| office              = [[Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism|Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism]]
| firstminister       = [[Carwyn Jones]]<br />[[Mark Drakeford]]
| term_start          = 3 November 2017
| term_end            = 13 May 2021
| successor           = [[Dawn Bowden]]
| predecessor         = [[Ken Skates]]
| office1             = 1st [[Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales]]
| term_start1         = 12 May 1999
| term_end1           = 11 May 2011
| monarch1            = [[Elizabeth II]]
| firstminister1      = [[Alun Michael]]<br />[[Rhodri Morgan]]<br />[[Carwyn Jones]]
| 1blankname1         = [[Deputy Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales|Deputy Presiding Officer]]
| 1namedata1          = [[Jane Davidson]]<br />[[John Marek]]<br />[[Rosemary Butler (politician)|Rosemary Butler]]
| predecessor1        = ''Position established''
| successor1          = [[Rosemary Butler (politician)|Rosemary Butler]]
| office2             = [[Assembly Member (Welsh Assembly)|Assembly Member]] <br /> for [[Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Assembly constituency)|Dwyfor Meirionnydd]]<br />{{nobold|[[Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (National Assembly for Wales constituency)|Meirionnydd Nant Conwy]] (1999–2007)}}
| term_start2         = 6 May 1999
| term_end2           = 29 April 2021
| predecessor2        = ''Position established''
| successor2          = [[Mabon ap Gwynfor]]
| office3             = [[Leader of Plaid Cymru]]
| term_start3         = 1984 
| term_end3           = 1991 
| predecessor3        = [[Dafydd Wigley]]
| successor3          = [[Dafydd Wigley]]

{{Collapsed infobox section begin|UK Parliamentary representation|titlestyle=border-top:solid 1pt #eee}}
| office4             = [[Member of the House of Lords]]
| term_start4         = 18 September 1992
| term_end4           = 7 February 2025
| office5             = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (UK Parliament constituency)|Meirionnydd Nant Conwy]]<br />{{nobold|([[Merioneth (UK Parliament constituency)|Merioneth]] 1974–1983)}}
| term_start5         = 28 February 1974
| term_end5           = 16 March 1992
| predecessor5        = [[William Edwards (British politician)|William Edwards]]
| successor5          = [[Elfyn Llwyd]]
{{Collapsed infobox section end}}
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1946|10|18|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Carmarthen]], [[Carmarthenshire]], Wales
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2025|2|7|1946|10|18|df=y}}
| death_place         = 
| restingplace        = 
| birthname           = Dafydd Elis Thomas
| nationality         = 
| party               = [[Independent politician|Independent]] (2016–2025)
| otherparty          = [[Plaid Cymru]] (1970–2016)
| spouse              = {{marriage|Elen Williams|1970||end=divorced}}<br />{{marriage|Mair Parry Jones|1993}}
| relations           = 
| children            = 3
| residence           = 
| alma_mater          = 
| status4             = [[Lord Temporal]]
| term_label4         = [[Life peer]]age
| signature           = Dafydd Elis-Thomas signature.svg
}}

'''Dafydd Elis Elis-Thomas, Baron Elis-Thomas''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|PC}} ({{ne|'''Thomas'''}}; 18 October 1946 – 7 February 2025) was a Welsh politician who served as the leader of [[Plaid Cymru]] from 1984 to 1991 and represented the [[Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Senedd constituency)|Dwyfor Meirionnydd]] constituency in the [[Senedd]] from 1999 to 2021.

Born in [[Carmarthen]], Wales, he was raised in [[Ceredigion]] and the [[Conwy Valley]]. He represented [[Merioneth (UK Parliament constituency)|Merioneth]] and later [[Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (UK Parliament constituency)|Meirionnydd Nant Conwy]] as a [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|member of Parliament]] (MP) from 1974 to 1992, and was [[Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales]] from the office's inception in 1999 to 2011. Elis-Thomas was a member of the [[House of Lords]] and a [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|privy counsellor]] from 1992 and 2004, respectively, until his death. 

From 2007 to 2017 he was the [[Chancellor of Bangor University]].  In 2016, he left Plaid Cymru to support [[Third Jones government|Carwyn Jones's government]] in the Senedd, sitting as an independent. He joined the Welsh government in November 2017 and was [[Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism|Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism]] until May 2021. Elis-Thomas applied to rejoin Plaid Cymru in August 2023,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Masters |first=Adrian |date=18 August 2023 |title=Ex-Senedd Presiding Officer Dafydd Elis-Thomas rejoins Plaid Cymru nearly seven years after quitting |url=https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2023-08-18/this-is-my-return-home-dafydd-elis-thomas-confirms-return-to-plaid-cymru |work=ITV News |access-date=8 April 2024 |language=en-GB}}</ref> but withdrew his application later in the year.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shipton |first=Martin |date=6 November 2023 |title=Dafydd Elis-Thomas abandons bid to rejoin Plaid Cymru |url=https://nation.cymru/news/dafydd-elis-thomas-abandons-bid-to-rejoin-plaid-cymru/ |access-date=8 April 2024 |work=Nation.Cymru |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Background==
[[File:Cystadleuaeth siarad cyhoeddus yr Urdd yn Llanrwst (1474356).jpg|left|thumb|Elis-Thomas (left) at an [[Urdd Gobaith Cymru]] public speaking competition in [[Llanrwst]] in 1962]]
Dafydd Elis Thomas was born on 18 October 1946 at Priory Hospital, Carmarthen, and brought up in the [[Llandysul]] area of Ceredigion, and in [[Llanrwst]] in the Conwy Valley.<ref name="DemLive">{{cite web |title=Dafydd Elis-Thomas AM |work=BBC Democracy Live website |publisher=[[BBC]] |year=2013 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/26851.stm |access-date=3 May 2013 |archive-date=24 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824095004/http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/26851.stm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Plaid">{{cite web |title=Dafydd Elis-Thomas AM |work=Plaid Cymru website |publisher=[[Plaid Cymru]] |year=2013 |url=http://www.english.plaidcymru.org/dafydd-elis-thomas-am/ |access-date=3 May 2013 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110113557/http://www.english.plaidcymru.org/dafydd-elis-thomas-am/ |archive-date=10 January 2013  }}</ref> In 1970, he married Elen Williams and had three sons. They later divorced. From the mid-1980s until 1992 his partner was Marjorie Thompson, the chairwoman of the [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]] (CND). In 1993, he married Mair Parry-Jones.<ref name=telegraph-obit>{{cite news |title=Obituaries: Lord Elis-Thomas, energetic Welsh nationalist who took a pragmatic approach to devolution |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2025/02/07/lord-elis-thomas-mercurial-welsh-nationalist-obituary/ |access-date=7 February 2025 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=7 February 2025}}</ref> Between 1993 and his death, he lived in [[Llandaff]], [[Cardiff]] (when working at the Senedd), and [[Betws-y-Coed]] (which was in his constituency of Meirionnydd Nant Conwy prior to the [[Fifth periodic review of Westminster constituencies|2010 boundary changes]]).{{Citation needed|date=September 2012}}

==Professional career==
Elis-Thomas was the chairman of the [[Welsh Language Board]] between 1994 and 1999, and was a member of the [[Arts Council of Wales]], governor of the [[British Film Institute]] and chairman of Screen Wales between 1992 and 1999.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-annual-review-1999-2000.pdf |title=Annual Review 1 April 1999 – 31 March 2000 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |year=2000 |pages=2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=UK: Wales: AMs – Dafydd Elis-Thomas |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/uk/wales/13130.stm |access-date=21 August 2024 |website=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> He was a director and vice-chairman of Cynefin Environmental Ltd. between 1992 and 1999. A former university lecturer, he was the chancellor and chair of Council at [[Bangor University]] between 2000 and 2017, as well as being a member of the governing body of the [[Church in Wales]].<ref name=telegraph-obit/> He was an honorary president of the anti-fascist organisation [[Searchlight (magazine)|Searchlight Cymru]].<ref name="Plaid"/>

==Political career and views==

===UK Parliament===
Having come third at [[Conwy (UK Parliament constituency)|Conwy]] in the [[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970 general election]], Thomas served as MP for [[Merioneth (UK Parliament constituency)|Merioneth]] between 1974 and 1983, initially as the [[Baby of the House]], and subsequently as MP for [[Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (UK Parliament constituency)|Meirionnydd Nant Conwy]] from 1983 to 1992.<ref name="DemLive"/><ref name="Plaid"/> On entering the House of Commons after the [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|February 1974 election]], he became one of the first MPs to be allowed to take the [[Oath of Allegiance (United Kingdom)|oath of allegiance]] in [[Welsh language|Welsh]] as well as in English.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1974-03-14/debates/eec84511-79f4-4617-861b-893bf9b8a7b6/OrdersOfTheDay|title=Orders of the Day – Thursday 14 March 1974|website=Hansard|access-date=11 March 2021}}</ref> For most of his time in the House of Commons, he was one of only two Plaid Cymru MPs, alongside [[Dafydd Wigley]]. In 1981, Thomas moved the writ in the Westminster Parliament that allowed for the election of [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] [[1981 Irish hunger strike|hunger striker]] [[Bobby Sands]] in [[Fermanagh and South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)|Fermanagh South Tyrone]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mansfield |first=Mark |date=2025-02-07 |title=Dafydd Elis-Thomas dies aged 78 |url=https://nation.cymru/news/dafydd-elis-thomas-dies-aged-78/ |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=Nation.Cymru |language=en-GB}}</ref> Thomas was noted for the number of questions he tabled during his time in parliament, through which he secured economic support for Wales, bolstered the status of the [[Welsh language]] and played a leading role in thwarting the closure of the [[Cambrian Coast railway]]. In 1991 he announced that he would not stand for parliament at the next election.<ref name=telegraph-obit/> 

He was created a [[life peer]] on 18 September 1992 as '''Baron Elis-Thomas''', ''of Nant Conwy in the County of Gwynedd'', with a change of his surname from ''Thomas'' to ''Elis-Thomas''.<ref name="Gazette">{{London Gazette |issue=53056 |date=23 September 1992 |page=15921 }}</ref> He sat as a [[crossbench]] peer because at that time he had taken on the non-political role of chair of the Welsh Language Board;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/lord-dafydd-elis-thomas-hits-out-2669223|title=Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas hits out at Plaid leadership rival's 'back room deal'|first=Tom|last=Bodden|date=8 February 2012|website=northwales}}</ref> upon leaving that post in 1999, he took the Plaid Cymru [[Whip (politics)|whip]] in the Lords until leaving the party in 2016.<ref name=telegraph-obit/>

===Senedd===
Elis-Thomas was elected to the newly established [[National Assembly for Wales]] (now called "Senedd Cymru" or "the Welsh Parliament", or simply [[Senedd]]) in 1999, representing the [[Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (National Assembly for Wales constituency)|Meirionnydd Nant Conwy]] constituency until the 2007 election, and then the [[Dwyfor Meirionnydd (National Assembly for Wales constituency)|Dwyfor Meirionnydd]] constituency.<ref name="DemLive"/> He also held the position of [[Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales|Presiding Officer]] from the Assembly's inception in 1999 until 2011.<ref name="DemLive"/>  During his tenure as Presiding Officer, he expelled Assembly member [[Leanne Wood]] from the Assembly chamber during a December 2004 debate after Wood referred to Queen [[Elizabeth II]] as "Mrs [[House of Windsor|Windsor]]" during a debate and refused to withdraw the remark, the first time an AM was ordered out of the chamber.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/historic_moments/newsid_8199000/8199372.stm |title=Leanne Wood expelled from chamber |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=31 October 2009 |access-date=7 June 2011 |work=[[BBC Online|BBC News Democracy Live]] website }}</ref>

From 2011, Elis-Thomas was Plaid Cymru's spokesperson for Environment, Energy and Planning before transferring to Rural Affairs, Fisheries and Food in 2012.<ref name="DemLive"/> In October 2016 he left Plaid Cymru, but remained in the Assembly as an Independent member.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-37661776 |work=BBC News |date=14 October 2016 |title=Plaid Cymru AM Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas quits party }}</ref> In November 2017, as part of a [[Welsh Government]] reshuffle, Elis-Thomas was appointed as [[Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism|Minister for Culture, Tourism and Sport]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-41863007 |title=Ex-Plaid leader Lord Elis-Thomas gets Labour Welsh Government job |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=3 November 2017 |website=[[bbc.co.uk]] |access-date=5 November 2017 }}</ref>

He announced on Dewi Llwyd's [[BBC Radio Cymru]] programme on 12 April 2020 that after long consideration and realising that there were many other ways to serve society, he would not be standing for [[Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Assembly constituency)|Dwyfor Meirionnydd]] in the [[2021 Senedd election]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-52260815|title=Lord Elis-Thomas vows not to stand in 2021 election|date=12 April 2020|work=BBC News|access-date=12 April 2020|language=en-GB}}</ref>

===Europe===
Thomas, in line with Plaid Cymru policy,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Langdon |first1=Julia |title=EU referendum: Parallels with 1975 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33045935 |website=BBC News |access-date=24 March 2025}}</ref> was a strong supporter of a "no" vote in the [[1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum|1975 European Communities referendum]]. Fourteen years later, he contended unsuccessfully for the [[North Wales (European Parliament constituency)|North Wales]] [[European Parliament]] seat in the [[1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|1989 election]].<ref name=telegraph-obit/> On the eve of the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 EU referendum]], he and two Labour AMs sponsored a Senedd debate on the motion "The National Assembly believes Wales would be stronger, safer and more prosperous if it were to remain a member of the European Union"; it passed by 44 votes to 9. During the discussion, Elis-Thomas said his stance in the 1975 referendum was something he had "regretted ever since".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Donovan |first1=Owen |title=EU Referendum: Senedd Debate |url=https://stateofwales.com/2016/06/eu-referendum-senedd-debate/ |website=State of Wales |access-date=8 February 2025 |date=16 June 2016}}</ref>

==Death and funeral==
Elis-Thomas died peacefully at his home after a short illness, on 7 February 2025, at the age of 78.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Plaid Cymru: Former leader Dafydd Elis-Thomas dies aged 78 |url=https://news.sky.com/story/plaid-cymru-former-leader-dafydd-elis-thomas-dies-aged-78-13304617 |access-date=7 February 2025 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=7 February 2025 |title=Tributes paid to former Plaid Cymru leader Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas who has died, aged 78 |url=https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2025-02-07/former-plaid-cymru-leader-lord-dafydd-elis-thomas-has-died-at-the-age-of-78 |website=ITV News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=7 February 2025 |title=Former Plaid Cymru leader Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas has died |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly5p2453z3o |access-date=7 February 2025 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> 

Following his death First Minister [[Eluned Morgan]] paid tribute saying: "Wales has lost one of its greatest servants, and many of us have lost an irreplaceable friend. Dafydd was a true giant of Welsh politics and a passionate champion of our nation, our language, and our culture."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hoskin |first1=Rowenna |title=Former Plaid Cymru leader has died, aged 78 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly5p2453z3o |access-date=24 March 2025 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref>

In a letter to his widow [[Charles III]] wrote: "Our public life will be so very much the poorer without his thoughtful and stimulating presence. There can be few people who have contributed so much to the lives of their nation, in so many fields, for so long."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Davies |first1=Cemlyn |title=King's tribute as hundreds attend Lord Elis-Thomas funeral |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0mwkxwy9geo |access-date=24 March 2025 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref>

Elis-Thomas' funeral was held at [[Llandaff Cathedral]] on 14 March 2025 and attended by hundreds of mourners. Following the funeral as part of the procession his body was taken past the Welsh [[Senedd]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Huge turnout for funeral of Dafydd Elis-Thomas |url=https://www.nation.cymru/news/huge-turnout-for-funeral-of-dafydd-elis-thomas|access-date=24 March 2025 |publisher=Nation.Cymru}}</ref>

==Legacy==
A biography of Elis-Thomas is due to be published on 15 September 2025.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dafydd Elis-Thomas: Nation Builder |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dafydd-Elis-Thomas-Builder-Aled-Eirug/dp/1837722285/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=SwWyx&content-id=amzn1.sym.a4ac6c4d-6ae7-4d95-b5e0-812c9dcfc72e%3Aamzn1.symc.fc11ad14-99c1-406b-aa77-051d0ba1aade&pf_rd_p=a4ac6c4d-6ae7-4d95-b5e0-812c9dcfc72e&pf_rd_r=QH52TBRMHMMHJF03EX1C&pd_rd_wg=TaH0O&pd_rd_r=5a3cdc70-da1d-47df-aca1-b271ea3283a8&ref_=pd_hp_d_atf_ci_mcx_mr_ca_hp_atf_d |website=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=24 March 2025}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name| 2851461}}
* [http://www.senedd.assembly.wales/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=146 National Assembly for Wales] Member profile
* {{Hansard-contribs| mr-dafydd-elis-thomas | Dafydd Elis-Thomas }}

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