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The Right Honourable Dafydd Wigley (born April 1, 1943) is a Welsh politician. He served as Plaid Cymru member of Parliament for Caernarfon until 2001, and was leader of the party from 1991 to 2000.
Wigley was born in Derby, England, but attended Caernarfon grammar school before going on to the University of Manchester and training as an accountant. He was employed by Hoover as a financial controller before entering parliament. In 1974 he became one of Plaid Cymru's first three MPs, and first became the party's president in 1981. Unusually, his personal politics were right-wing. In 1984 he resigned from the presidency because of his children's health, but returned to the job in 1991 after the resignation of Dafydd Elis Thomas.
In 1999 Wigley became a member of the National Assembly for Wales, and led the Plaid Cymru opposition to Labour. He was repeatedly nominated by the Welsh public as the most popular political party leader, before his resignation from the leadership. In 2003 he became Pro-Chancellor of the University of Wales.
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