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2001 in the United Kingdom
2001 in Ireland
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 2001 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

Events

Arts and literature

Awards

National Eisteddfod (held in Denbigh)

  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Mererid Hopwood (first woman ever to win the Chair)
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Penri Roberts
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Elfyn Pritchard
  • Wales Book of the Year:
  • English language: Stephen Knight - Mr Schnitzel
  • Welsh language:
  • Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen -

New books

Music

Film

Welsh-language films

  • Y Delyn

Broadcasting

Welsh-language television

English-language television

  • The Bench

Sport

Births

Deaths

2000 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

  • Prince of Wales - Charles, Prince of Wales
  • Princess of Wales - vacant
  • First Minister - Rhodri Morgan
  • Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales - Dafydd Elis-Thomas

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2002 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

  • Prince of Wales - Charles, Prince of Wales
  • Princess of Wales - vacant
  • First Minister - Rhodri Morgan
  • Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales - Dafydd Elis-Thomas

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This page indexes the individual year in Wales pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point.

Further reading

  • Breverton, Terry - The Welsh Almanack (Wales Books, 2003)
  • Fisher, Deborah C.

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2001 in the United Kingdom:
Other years
1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003

News by month
Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun
Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec

Sport and Music
British and Irish current events
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Events

  • January 1 - Ireland celebrates the first day of the 21st century.
  • March 22 - Ireland confirms its first case of Foot and Mouth disease.

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2001 by topic:
News by month
Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun
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Motto
Cymru am byth   (Welsh)
"Wales forever"
Anthem
"Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau"
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Prince of Wales (Welsh: Tywysog Cymru) is a title traditionally granted to the Heir Apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom (and formerly the Kingdom of Great Britain and before that the Kingdom of England).
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The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George;<ref name="sur" /> born 14 November 1948), is the eldest son of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
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Princess of Wales is a courtesy title held by the wife of the Prince of Wales since the first "English" Prince of Wales in 1282. Due to the mortality rate and the fact that some Princes of Wales did not marry before ascending to the throne, there have in fact been only ten
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Wales

This article is part of the series:
Politics of Wales

  • Contemporary Welsh Law
  • English Law
  • Courts of England and Wales
  • National Assembly for Wales

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Hywel Rhodri Morgan, PC AM (born 29 September 1939) is a Welsh politician; the Labour National Assembly for Wales Member for the constituency of Cardiff West; and the first and current First Minister for Wales (and the second First Secretary for Wales) .
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Wales

This article is part of the series:
Politics of Wales

  • Contemporary Welsh Law
  • English Law
  • Courts of England and Wales
  • National Assembly for Wales

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Dafydd Elis Elis-Thomas, Baron Elis-Thomas PC AM, (born 18 October, 1946) is a Welsh politician and is current Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales. He is a member of the House of Lords, a former leader of Plaid Cymru and was made a privy counsellor in 2004.
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The Secretary of State for Wales is the head of the Wales Office within the United Kingdom cabinet. He is responsible for ensuring Welsh interests are taken into account by the government, representing the government within Wales and overseeing the passing of legislation which is
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Paul Peter Murphy (born 25 November 1948) is a British politician for the Labour Party.

He is MP for Torfaen, Wales, and was appointed Secretary of State for Wales on 28 July 1999. He was Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 24 October 2002 to 5 May 2005.
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The Province of Wales in the Anglican Communion was created in 1920, as the Church in Wales, independent from the Church of England (of which the four Welsh dioceses had previously been part).
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Book of Common Prayer
The next collaboration will be selected on September 30, 2007. (Vote here)

Rowan Williams

Archbishop of Canterbury

Enthroned 27 February 2003
Ended Incumbent
Predecessor George Carey
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March 1 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

Events


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Peter Clarke (7 October 1948, Llandudno, Wales - 21 January 2007) was a prominent child welfare activist in Wales.

His early life included military training at Sandhurst, from which he moved on to social work in London and Brighton, studying philosophy (BA & MA) at Sussex
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The Children's Commissioner for Wales is a publicly funded post in Wales, with responsibility for protecting children's rights as set out in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Peter Clarke was the Commissioner from its introduction in 2001 until his death in 2007.
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June 7 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

In common years it is always in ISO week 23.
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The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed "the quiet landslide" by the media. There was little change at all outside Northern Ireland (which mostly has different parties and a different electoral landscape from the rest of the UK although a few UK-wide
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Plaid Cymru — The Party of Wales

Leader Ieuan Wyn Jones AM

Founded August 5, 1925
Headquarters 18 Park Grove,
Cardiff, CF10 3BN
Wales

Political Ideology Welsh Independence
Welsh nationalism
Social democracy

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Ynys Môn may refer to:
  • The isle of Anglesey in Wales (being the Welsh for Isle of Anglesey)
  • Ynys Môn (UK Parliament constituency), a constituency of the UK House of Commons covering the island

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Adam Price (born September 23, 1968, Carmarthen) is a politician in Wales, and Plaid Cymru Member of Parliament for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr. He was elected to Parliament in the 2001 general election.

Early life

His father was a coal miner.
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Carmarthen East and Dinefwr may refer to:
  • Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (UK Parliament constituency)
  • Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

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Alan Wynne Williams (born 21 December, 1945 in Carmarthen), is a British Labour politician. He was elected Member of Parliament for Carmarthen in 1987. After constituency boundary changes in 1997, his seat was renamed Carmarthen East and Dinefwr.
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Hywel Francis (born 1946) is a Welsh politician and current member of Parliament. Francis, a Labour MP, has represented the constituency of Aberavon in Parliament since 2001.
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