# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alun-ffred-jones
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:25:49.672Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alun-ffred-jones"
name: "Alun Ffred Jones"
slug: "alun-ffred-jones"
description: "Alun Ffred Jones is a Welsh politician and member of Plaid Cymru and former television producer, writer and director. Jones was the National Assembly for Wales Member for Caernarfon 2003–07 and for the newly created Arfon constituency from 2007 until he stood down in 2016. He served as Minister for Heritage between 2008 and 2011 as part of the One Wales Government. In 2008 he made history by being the first UK representative to speak in the Welsh language at a meeting of the European Union. He was Chairman of Plaid Cymru from October 2019 until he resigned in July 2022."
tagline: "Welsh politician, author and television director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alun_Ffred_Jones.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1949-10-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.741649333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/AlunFfredPlaid"
    handle:    "AlunFfredPlaid"
sources:
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alun_Ffred_Jones"
    title: "Alun Ffred Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "ألون فريد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "الون فريد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alun_Ffred_Jones"
    title: "Alun Ffred Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alun_Ffred_Jones"
    title: "Alun Ffred Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alun_Ffred_Jones"
    title: "Alun Ffred Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alun_Ffred_Jones"
    title: "Alun Ffred Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3405595"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump