Dafydd Elis-Thomas, the previous chief of Plaid Cymru, has died on the age of 78.
Lord Elis-Thomas additionally served because the Welsh authorities’s tradition, sport and tourism minister from 2017 to 2021.
He served as his get together chief between 1984 and 1991 and as MP for Merioneth, later Meirionnydd Nant Conwy, from 1974 to 1992.
He grew to become a member of the Home of Lords when he was made a life peer in 1992.
Lord Elis-Thomas was a member of the primary Senedd, then generally known as the Welsh Meeting, in 1999 and performed a key function as its first presiding officer – a task he held till 2011.
He give up Plaid Cymru in 2016 and continued as an impartial member of the Senedd for Dwyfor Meirionnydd till he stepped down on the 2021 election.
Plaid’s chief Rhun ap Iorwerth mentioned Lord Elis-Thomas’s demise was “a huge loss to Welsh politics and the civic life of Wales”.
Mr ap Iorwerth mentioned his predecessor was “unquestionably one of the most influential figures of his generation”.
Because the inaugural presiding officer, he made “a priceless contribution in laying the firm foundations of devolution”, Mr ap Iorwerth added.
Mr ap Iorwerth mentioned the get together’s “sincerest condolences” have been with Lord Elis-Thomas’s household.
Former Welsh Conservative chief Andrew RT Davies mentioned he “admired” the previous minister as “a man who was never afraid to speak his mind”.
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