People of the Senedd

Rhun ap Iorwerth MS

Rhun ap Iorwerth MS

Senedd Constituency Member

Plaid Cymru

Plaid Cymru Group

Bangor Conwy Môn

First Minister of Wales

First Minister of Wales

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The contact details provided here relate to Rhun ap Iorwerth in his capacity as a Member of the Senedd. Constituents who wish to contact him in his role as their local representative should use the telephone number and email address listed.

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Contact Details

Office Address:

1B Church Street

Llangefni

Ynys Môn

LL77 7DU

Office

01248 723 599

Senedd Address:

Welsh Parliament

Cardiff Bay

Cardiff

CF99 1SN

Email

Rhun.apIorwerth-AS@senedd.cymru

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Biography

First Minister of Wales

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

Since his by-election victory in 2013, Rhun has been Plaid Cymru's spokesperson on the economy and transport, finance, and health and social care. He also spent two Senedd terms as Chair of the Wales branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. In 2023, he was elected Leader of Plaid Cymru, before being appointed First Minister of Wales on 12 May 2026.

Membership

Terms of office

  1. 02/08/2013 - 05/04/2016
  2. 06/05/2016 - 28/04/2021
  3. 08/05/2021 - 07/04/2026
  4. 08/05/2026 -

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