Ardal dynodi
Math o endid
Person
Ffurf awdurdodedig enw
German, Mike, 1945-
Ffurf(iau) cyfochrog enw
- German, Michael James
Ffurf(iau) safonol o enw yn ôl rheolau eraill
Ffurf(iau) arall o enw
- Lord German
Dynodwyr ar gyfer cyrff corfforaethol
Ardal disgrifiad
Dyddiadau bodolaeth
1945-
Hanes
Michael James German, Baron German OBE is a Welsh politician who was Deputy First Minister of Wales from 2000 to 2001 and 2002 to 2003 and Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats from 1998 to 2008, first as its de facto leader until 2007 and then as its official leader from 2007. The first-ever deputy first minister of Wales, he was also Minister for Economic Development from 2000 to 2001 and Minister for Rural Affairs and Wales Abroad from 2002 to 2003. He was elected to the National Assembly for Wales in 1999 where he was Assembly Member (AM) for South Wales East until 2010 and led his party group until 2008. In 2010, he was granted a life peerage and has since served in the House of Lords as a working peer for the Liberal Democrats. Ideologically, he is on the more liberal wing of his party.