Mabon ap Gwynfor MS

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.