Dafydd Llywelyn | |
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Dyfed-Powys Police and Crime Commissioner | |
Assumed office 12 May 2016 | |
Preceded by | Christopher Salmon |
Personal details | |
Born | November 1976 (age 47) |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Nationality | Welsh |
Political party | Plaid Cymru |
Dafydd Llywelyn (born November 1976) is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician. Since May 2016, he has served as the Dyfed-Powys Police and Crime Commissioner. [1]
Llywelyn started his working life as a procurement officer for SONY Manufacturing UK. [2] In 2001, he joined Dyfed–Powys Police as a management information officer. [3] He moved to the Criminal Investigation Department as an analyst in 2002, and was promoted to chief analyst in 2007. [3] [2] In September 2014, he was appointed a lecturer and teaching fellow in criminology at Aberystwyth University. [4] [5] This appointment came through the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol (the Welsh National College) which aims to increase courses taught in the Welsh-language at universities in Wales. [5]
In October 2015, it was announced that Llywelyn would be standing as the Plaid Cymru candidate for the Dyfed-Powys Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) at the 2016 election. [4] On 6 May 2016, he was elected PCC with a total of 75,158 votes (52,469 in the 1st round, plus 22,689 in the 2nd). [6]