Background
Jones was born in Brynamman and is the brother of former Plaid Cymru President Dafydd Iwan.
Member of the National Assembly for Wales
Jones was born in Brynamman and is the brother of former Plaid Cymru President Dafydd Iwan.
He was educated in the University of Wales, Bangor.
Jones was the National Assembly for Wales Member for Caernarfon 2003-2007 and for the newly created Arfon constituency since the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007. Before his election, he was a Television director and producer for Ffilmiau"r Nant and, before that, was a Welsh teacher and Head of Department and a journalist with HTV. Jones speaks Welsh, English and French. He enjoys theatre, sports and gardening.
Jones is the former Leader of Gwynedd County Council, is Chair of Antur Nantlle and chair of Nantlle Vale Football Club.
His main political interests are in broadcasting, community development and the economy. On 22 July 2008 he was appointed Minister for Heritage in the Welsh Labour/Plaid Cymru coalition Welsh Assembly Government.
On 20 November 2008, Jones became the first person to use the Welsh language as a representative of the United Kingdom government at a European Union meeting in Brussels.