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Marc Phillips (born 8 December 1953〔''The Times Guide to the House of Commons: 1997'', p.181〕) is a Welsh charity manager and former politician. Phillips was born in Cardiff and educated in Cyfarthfa and Merthyr Tydfil,〔〔"(Marc Phillips )", All Wales Convention〕 before working at the Urdd Gobaith Cymru, then the Dyfed Association of Voluntary Service and as Chief Executive of Tenovus.〔 Phillips also became active in Plaid Cymru, standing in Llanelli at the 1992 and 1997 UK general elections,〔 taking third and then second place. He became Plaid's national vice-chair in 1993, serving for two years. During this period, he stood in the European election, 1994 in Mid and West Wales,〔 achieving the party's best performance at the election.〔Peter Catterall and Virginia Preston, ''Contemporary Britain: An Annual Review: 1995'', p.434〕 From 1996 until 2000, Phillips served as the Chair of Plaid Cymru,〔 and he also stood for the party in the new Wales constituency at the European election, 1999. He was third on the party list and was not elected.〔"(1999 Election Candidates )", UK Office of the European Parliament〕 Phillips accepted a new job as the head of BBC Children in Need in Wales in 2002,〔 following which he withdrew from political activity.〔Paul Starling, "(Phillips leaves Plaid in turmoil )", ''Daily Mirror'', 2 May 2002〕 However, he remained supportive of the party, was its nomination for the Executive Committee of the All Wales Convention in 2009,〔 and unsuccessfully applied to be its candidate in the Carmarthen East and Dinefwr constituency at the 2010 UK general election.〔Martin Shipton, "(Young Plaid activist Jonathan Edwards will fight hard for a seat in Westminster )", ''Western Mail'', 28 November 2009〕 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marc Phillips」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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