Dewi Llwyd (born 1954) is a Welsh journalist and television presenter who is best known for his work for

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. He presented the Welsh-language news programme ''

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'' until the end of 2012, and Pawb a'i Farn until the end of 2019. Llwyd currently presents two radio programmes on

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Biography

Early life

He was born Dewi Llwyd Williams in 1954. Llwyd is the son of the Rev. Ivor Ll. Williams, a Baptist minister and Mary. He grew up in

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and

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before his family settled in

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before he reached the age of six. He went to St Pauls Primary School, before attending Friars School. Llwyd went to study at

Cardiff University Cardiff University () is a public research university in Cardiff, Wales. It was established in 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire and became a founding college of the University of Wales in 1893. It was renamed Unive ...

; he further studied in London, and later went to an education facility in Washington, D.C. He later spent time in education in France and Spain.

Career

Llwyd joined the BBC in 1980 as parliamentary correspondent, and had been a regular presenter on the Welsh-language news programme ''

'' since it started. He left ''Newyddion'' at the end of 2012. He presented the political discussion program, ''Pawb a'i Farn'', on

between 1998 and December 2019, and presents the radio programmes ''Dewi Llwyd ar fore Sul'' and ''Hawl i Holi'' on

. Llwyd presents the Welsh language coverage of UK General elections, referendums and Welsh Assembly elections. In 2017, Llwyd presented Etholiad 2017 (Election 2017) with the results of the

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in a joint broadcast between

and

. He also presented Etholiad 2019, the Welsh language coverage of the results of the

2019 United Kingdom general election The 2019 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 12 December 2019, with 47,074,800 registered voters entitled to vote to elect 650 Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Un ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Llwyd, Dewi 1954 births Welsh television journalists Alumni of Cardiff University People educated at Friars School, Bangor Living people People from Bangor, Gwynedd