Jill Evans

Jill Evans
Evans in 2014
Member of the European Parliament for Wales
In office 10 June 1999 – 31 January 2020
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	(1959-05-08) 8 May 1959 (age 65) Ystrad, Rhondda, Wales
Political party	Welsh Plaid Cymru  EU European Free Alliance
Spouse	Syd Morgan
Alma mater	University of Wales, Aberystwyth Glamorgan University (now the University of South Wales)
Occupation	Member of the European Parliament
Website	http://www.jillevans.net/

Jill Evans (born 8 May 1959) is a Plaid Cymru politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Wales from 1999 to 2020. She was the first person to use the Welsh language in debate at the European Parliament.

In June 1999, Evans was elected as one of the first Plaid Cymru MEPs, and was re-elected every five years until the last occasion in 2019. From 2009 until 2014, she was the Vice-President of the Greens/European Free Alliance Group, and is a member of the Committee on Culture and Education.

She also deputised on the Transport and Tourism Committee and was a member of the Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee.