Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1987-2007 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
2 small boxes; 0.018 cubic metres.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
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.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Lord German; Cwmbran; June 2024.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The papers of Lord German, relating to his time as leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, a Member of the National Assembly for Wales and Deputy First Minister. The files comprised press coverage, campaign material, speeches, correspondence between party leaders in the National Assembly for Wales, coalition negotiations in 2000 and 2007 and work as Deputy First Minister of Wales.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
All material has been retained.
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged into 7 files.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions set out in information provided when applying for their Readers' Tickets, whereby the reader shall become responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library. = Disgwylir i ddarllenwyr sydd am ddefnyddio papurau modern yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru gydymffurfio รข Deddf Gwarchod Data 1998 yng nghyd-destun unrhyw brosesu ganddynt o ddata personol a gasglwyd o gofnodion modern sydd ar gadw yn y Llyfrgell. Nodir y manylion yn yr wybodaeth a roddir wrth wneud cais am Docyn Darllen.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright restrictions apply.
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Citation: Lord German Papers
Note
Other papers relating to the negotiations for the All Wales Accord following the 2007 elections to the National Assembly for Wales can be found in Papurau Ieuan Wyn Jones E5 and the Welsh Conservative Party National Assembly Group Archive 4/4.
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Alma system control number
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Welsh Liberal Democrats. (Subject)
- Wales. National Assembly (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
Status
Final
Level of detail
Full
Dates of creation revision deletion
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Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Rob Phillips (July 2024). The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Contents of the Lord German Papers, UK Parliament website, BBC news website, Wikipedia website; Wales Yearbook 2003.