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Syd Morgan is a Welsh nationalist politician. Morgan studied at the University College Swansea and became active in Plaid Cymru. He was a founder member of the National Left group within the party in 1980.〔Laura McAllister, ''Plaid Cymru: the emergence of a political party'', p.175〕 By 1984, Morgan was a Plaid Cymru member of the Rhymney Valley District Council, and was also the party's Senior Vice-Chairman, while working as a housing officer in Cardiff.〔BBC, ''Guide to the European Elections, 1984'', p.217〕 At the European election, 1984, Morgan stood in South Wales East, taking fourth place with 8.7% of the votes cast.〔"(Wales )", United Kingdom Election Results〕 Later in the year, he was elected as party chairman, serving until 1990 when he became its treasurer. Morgan stood for the UK Parliament at the Pontypridd by-election, 1989, in which he took second place with more than a quarter of the vote.〔Laura McAllister, ''Plaid Cymru: the emergence of a political party'', p.117〕 In 1992, Morgan married Jill Evans, a prominent Plaid politician.〔''Vacher's European Companion'', No.109-110, p.351〕 Following the redistricting of local government in Wales, he became a councillor in Rhondda Cynon Taf for many years, losing his seat in 2004 and last standing in 2008.〔"(County Borough Elections 2008 )", Rhondda Cynon Taf〕 He works as a lecturer at Swansea University, was until 2011 a member of the bureau of the Centre Maurits Coppieters, and was a founder of the Welsh Nationalism Foundation.〔Martin Shipton, "(Labour queries public funding for Plaid-linked research foundation )", ''Western Mail'', 12 December 2012〕 ==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「Syd Morgan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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