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Leanne Wood

1971 - Today

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Leanne Wood (born 13 December 1971) is a Welsh politician who served as the leader of Plaid Cymru from March 2012 to September 2018, and served as a Member of the Senedd (MS) from 2003 to 2021. Born in the Rhondda, she was elected to the then National Assembly for Wales in 2003, representing South Wales Central until 2016, when she was elected for Rhondda. She lost her seat to Welsh Labour at the 2021 Senedd election. Ideologically, Wood identifies as a socialist, republican and proponent of Welsh independence. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leanne Wood is the 19,317th most popular politician (up from 19,339th in 2019), the 7,776th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 7,792nd in 2019) and the 750th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Leanne Wood ranks 19,317 out of 19,576. Before her are Petrissa Solja, Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen, Lou Barletta, Yin Jian, Beata Mikołajczyk, and Logi Geirsson. After her are Kellie Harrington, Fanny Fischer, Alok Sharma, Anton Ponkrashov, Gautam Gambhir, and Douglas Alexander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Leanne Wood ranks 1,048. Before her are Sheryl Swoopes, Ramon Vega, Michaela Watkins, Ricardo Ismael Rojas, Sukhwinder Singh, and Peter Billingsley. After her are Kris Draper, Craig MacLean, Craig Burley, Graham Alexander, Bent Høie, and Pádraig Harrington.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Leanne Wood ranks 7,778 out of 8,785. Before her are Naomi Folkard (null), James McAtee (2002), Nigel Adkins (1965), Charlie Nicholas (1961), Carlton Palmer (1965), and Callum McGregor (1993). After her are Billy Allen (1917), Daniel Portman (1992), David Connolly (1977), Christian Cooke (1987), Luke Treadaway (1984), and Jesy Nelson (1991).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Leanne Wood ranks 750. Before her are Justine Greening (1969), Alistair Carmichael (1965), Theresa Villiers (1968), Maria Miller (1964), Clarissa Ward (1980), and Tim Farron (1970). After her are Douglas Alexander (1967), Anna Soubry (1956), Ed Balls (1967), Oliver Dowden (1978), Andy Burnham (1970), and Brandon Lewis (1971).

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