Aled Roberts

Aled Roberts es un político galés de Rhosllannerchrugog , Wrexham . [1] Es un ex miembro electo de la Asamblea Nacional de Gales que, hasta las elecciones de 2016, representó a la región de Gales del Norte como miembro del partido Demócratas Liberales Galeses . [2] Antes de su elección a la Asamblea, fue concejal y líder del consejo municipal del condado de Wrexham . El 1 de abril de 2019, el Gobierno de Gales lo nombró comisionado de la lengua galesa . [3]

Aled Roberts
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Comisionado de la lengua galesa
Asumió el cargo el
1 de abril de 2019
Precedido porMeri Huws
Miembro de Asamblea de Galespara el norte de Gales
En el cargo
2011-2016
Líder del Consejo de Wrexham
En el cargo
2004-2011
Detalles personales
Partido políticoDemócratas liberales galeses
alma materUniversidad de Aberystwyth

Roberts graduated with a law degree at the University of Aberystwyth in 1983.[4] He later went on to practice as a solicitor. In 1985 he was part of a campaign to protect a local Miners' institute from closure. He later stopped practicing law when he was elected as the leader of Wrexham County Borough Council.[2]

Roberts was first elected to Wrexham County Borough Council in 1991 for the Rhos and Ponciau Ward. In 2003 he was elected as Mayor of Wrexham and the following year was voted in as Leader of the council.[2] In the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election, Roberts was elected as an Assembly Member for North Wales. Upon his election to the Welsh Assembly, he resigned as leader of Wrexham Borough Council as he felt he could not devote time to both legislatures and did not contest the council election for his seat in 2012.[5]

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Video of Aled Roberts answering a question from a local school: "What was your first job?"

Shortly after his election, it was discovered that Roberts was a member of the Valuation Tribunal for Wales, which was a proscribed body which AMs were not allowed to be a member of because of a perceived conflict of interest. As a result, Roberts was disqualified from the Welsh Assembly.[6] Roberts stated that he was following a Welsh language guidance document from the Electoral Commission. This document later emerged to have been incorrect, as while the English regulations had been updated in 2010, the Welsh document still gave information based on 2006 regulations.[6] In July 2011, Roberts' disqualification was overturned by the Assembly on a 30–20 vote.[7]

Roberts later went on to become the Welsh Liberal Democrats' Education spokesman.[8] For the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election, Roberts announced that he would be standing in the Clwyd South constituency.[9] He came fifth in the Clwyd South constituency election to Welsh Labour's Ken Skates[10] and was not re-elected as the Liberal Democrats lost their North Wales region seat to the UK Independence Party.[11]

  1. ^ "Aled Roberts to lead Lib Dem N Wales list". Freedom Central. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. ^ a b c "Aled Roberts". Welsh Assembly. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2016. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. ^ "Aled Roberts start as new Welsh Language Commissioner". Welsh Language Commissioner. Welsh Government. 9 April 2019. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. ^ "Alumni at the Senedd". Aberystwyth University. Retrieved 14 May 2020. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. ^ "Lib Dem AM Aled Roberts quits as Wrexham council leader". BBC News. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2016. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  6. ^ a b "Electoral Commission sorry for out-of-date AMs advice". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2016. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  7. ^ "Barred Lib Dem Aled Roberts regains Welsh assembly seat". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2016. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  8. ^ "Student living grants election pledge by Lib Dems". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2016. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  9. ^ "Welsh Liberal Democrats Announce Clwyd South Candidate For Assembly Elections". Wrexham.com. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  10. ^ Bagnall, Steve. "Labour holds Clwyd South for Ken Skates". Daily Post. Retrieved 6 May 2016. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  11. ^ Flint, Rachel. "UKIP get TWO North Wales AMs to represent us in Cardiff Bay". Daily Post. Retrieved 6 May 2016. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

  • National Assembly for Wales Member profile
  • Official website (non-Assembly)