Title: Commissioner
Party: Plaid Cymru
Constituency: Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Contact information
Office Address:
37 Wind Street
Ammanford
SA18 3DN
Phone: 01269 597677
Fax: 01269 591334
Assembly Address:
National Assembly for Wales
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF99 1NA
Phone: 029 2089 8055
Email: Rhodri.Thomas@wales.gov.uk
Membership
- Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee
- Task and Finish Group on Participation in the Arts in Wales
- The Assembly Commission
Terms of office
- 07/05/1999 - 30/04/2003
- 02/05/2003 - 02/05/2007
- 04/05/2007 - 31/03/2011
- 06/05/2011 -
Membership of Cross Party Groups
- Autism
- Beer and the Pub
- Community Transport
- Faith
- Funerals and Bereavement
- The Welsh Language
- Vision
Additional Information
Personal history
Rhodri was born in Wrexham in 1953. He attended the University of Wales Aberystwyth, Bangor and Lampeter. He is a minister of religion, and is also a company director. He is a fluent Welsh speaker.
Political history
Rhodri was first elected to the Assembly in May 1999. His political interests include agriculture and the rural economy, Europe, and social and transport issues. When Plaid Cymru entered into a coalition government with Welsh Labour in July 2007, Rhodri was appointed as Minister for Heritage but later resigned the position in 2008. Following that resignation, he served as Chair of the Rural Development Sub-Committee, member of the European and External Affairs Committee, and the Sustainability Committee.
Affiliations
Rhodri is former Chair of CND Cymru, the Welsh spokesperson for Private Business and Chair of the Mid and South Wales Liaison Committee of NSPCC Wales. Rhodri has also served as a chair of school governors.
