# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ieuan-wyn-jones
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:21:17.519Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ieuan-wyn-jones"
name: "Ieuan Wyn Jones"
slug: "ieuan-wyn-jones"
description: "Ieuan Wyn Jones is a Welsh politician who was the Deputy First Minister in the Welsh Government from 2007 to 2011. He was the Member of the National Assembly for Wales for the Ynys Môn constituency from 1999 to 2013, and he was also leader of Plaid Cymru from 2000 to 2012. Jones served as Member of Parliament for Ynys Môn constituency from 1987 to 2001, when he retired to focus on his work in the Welsh Assembly. In 2007, Jones was named Wales's \"Politician of the Year\" by the BBC Wales am.pm programme. He resigned from the Welsh Assembly on 20 June 2013. In 2017 he unsuccessfully sought to return to the House of Commons for his former constituency."
tagline: "Welsh politician, leader of Plaid Cymru; MP 1987-2001; Assembly Member 1999-2013 (born 1949)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones_2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1949-05-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.54
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.497302666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Rhosmeirch"
    handle:    "Rhosmeirch"
sources:
  - url: "https://cy.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86_%DA%86%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ايوان وين چونيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones"
    title: "Ieuan Wyn Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones"
    title: "Ieuan Wyn Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones"
    title: "Ieuan Wyn Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones"
    title: "Ieuan Wyn Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones"
    title: "Ieuan Wyn Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones"
    title: "Ieuan Wyn Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones"
    title: "Ieuan Wyn Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3396810"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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