Background
Lansdown-Davies was born in Street Asaph and educated at Street Hilda"s College, Oxford (where she was an exhibitioner, between 1997 and 2001. There she obtained a Bachelor Honours in Modern Languages).
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Gwenllian Lansdown
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She later studied at Cardiff University (Master of Science Economy and Doctor of Philosophy in Political Theory). She worked as a tutor in Politics during research for her Doctor of Philosophy.
Career
Vice-President of Union whilst at College and Chair of Plaid Cymru Student Federation in 2003, Lansdown"s political interests include community development, international relations and the environment. Lansdown was a County Borough Councillor, serving the Riverside Electoral Division on Cardiff County Council and was elected on 10 June 2004. The Riverside electoral division has an electorate of 9,513 (1 December 2005) and has 3 seats.
She stood as number 3 on the Plaid Cymru regional list for South Wales Central at the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007.
Lansdown was Chief Executive of Plaid Cymru between September 2007, replacing Doctor Dafydd Trystan, and June 2011, when Rhuanedd Richards was appointed to the role. She has since taken up the position of Assistant Editor for the Welsh-language academic journal, Gwerddon.
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Plaid Cymru