Ieuan Wyn Jones

Ieuan Wyn Jones
Official portrait, 2011
Deputy First Minister of Wales
In office 11 July 2007 – 13 May 2011
First Minister	Rhodri Morgan Carwyn Jones
Preceded by	Michael German (2003)
Succeeded by	Office not in use
Leader of Plaid Cymru
In office 4 August 2000 – 16 March 2012
Preceded by	Dafydd Wigley
Succeeded by	Leanne Wood
Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Ynys Môn
In office 6 May 1999 – 20 June 2013
Preceded by	Constituency Created
Succeeded by	Rhun ap Iorwerth
Majority	2,937 (12.2%)
Member of Parliament for Ynys Môn
In office 11 June 1987 – 14 May 2001
Preceded by	Keith Best
Succeeded by	Albert Owen
Personal details
Born	(1949-05-22) 22 May 1949 (age 75) Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales
Political party	Plaid Cymru
Spouse	Eirian Llwyd
Children	3
Alma mater	Liverpool Polytechnic
Signature
Website	Official website

Ieuan Wyn Jones (born 22 May 1949) 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' "Politician of the Year" by the BBC Wales am.pm programme.^[1] He resigned from the Welsh Assembly on 20 June 2013.^[2] In 2017 he unsuccessfully sought to return to the House of Commons for his former constituency.