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Encyclopedia > Peter Black

Peter Black (born 1960) is a Welsh Liberal Democrat politician, and Member of the Welsh Assembly for South Wales West Region. 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The National Assembly for Wales (or NAW) (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) was established in 1998, following the approval by a small majority of Welsh voters in a referendum held in 1997 of the Labour Governments proposals for devolution. ...


He is currently chairman of the Welsh Assembly Education Select Committee, and is the education spokesman for his party in Wales.


Peter, who is based in Swansea, is active in local Swansea politics, and continues to be a city councillor. He is known as an active Liberal Democrat activist in the city, and stood in Swansea East at the 2003 Assembly elections, coming second with a large swing towards him.


External Links

  • Peter Black AM official site
  • Peter Black AM weblog
  • Peter Black AM official biography at the Welsh Assembly website
  • Peter Black AM profile at the site of Welsh Liberal Democrats

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