Cabinet Minister for Health
and Care
Key interests and
achievements
Mabon ap Gwynfor takes an
interest in a wide range of areas, including international issues relating to peace
and the relationship between states; and the rights of communities and people.
Mabon established the North Wales Health Alliance in 2013. He was co-organiser
of the national Wales for peace festival from 2004 to 2006. Mabon is a
Christian. He is an amateur fine artist, and takes an interest in photography,
reading widely, and playing with his children.
Personal history
Mabon is married to Nia, and
has four children. They live on the family farm. As a son of the manse, the
family moved around different communities. As a result, Mabon attended various
secondary schools: Ysgol Gyfun Dyffryn Teifi, Ysgol Gyfun Gŵyr, and Canolfan Gwenallt
in Ystalyfera, with a short period at St Roses School, Georgetown, Guyana.
Professional background
Mabon graduated from the
University of Wales, Bangor with a BA degree in History. Mabon's professional
background is in the media and project management.
Political history
Mabon was elected as a Town
Councillor in Aberystwyth in 2004, and as a County Councillor for the
Llandrillo ward of Denbighshire County Council in 2017.
