# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dafydd-elis-thomas
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:32:10.132Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dafydd-elis-thomas"
name: "Dafydd Elis-Thomas"
slug: "dafydd-elis-thomas"
description: "Dafydd Elis Elis-Thomas, Baron Elis-Thomas, was a Welsh politician who served as the leader of Plaid Cymru from 1984 to 1991 and represented the Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency in the Senedd from 1999 to 2021."
tagline: "Welsh politician (1946–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Elis-Thomas_crop_2.jpg?width=1200"
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1946-10-18"
deathDate: "2025-02-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump