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Dafydd Wigley

Politician

Dafydd Wigley is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Dafydd Wigley · Dafydd Wigley, Baron Wigley · دافيد ويجلى · ダヴィズ・ウィグリー				[sources]
Other name	Dafydd Wynne Wigley, Baron Wigley · Lord Wigley				[sources]
Weak alias	Wigley				[sources]
Birth date	1943-04-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Derby				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Dafydd				[sources]
Last name	Wigley				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q333600				[sources]
Position	Leader of Plaid Cymru (1991-2000) · Member of the 1st National Assembly for Wales (1999-2003) · Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom · member of the 46th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1974-1974) · member of the 47th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1974-1979) · 6 more...				[sources]
Education	Rydal Penrhos · Victoria University of Manchester · Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Welsh politician; former MP, Assembly Member and leader of Plaid Cymru (born 1943)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Elinor Bennett Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,442

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,104

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,635

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata350,313

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-3569371c-599c-4452-8c92-f776723b5053 · evpo-38dc8073-fcae-4194-ae77-4deb6fe228b1

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