National Assembly For Wales - Elected Officials

Elected Officials

Main article: Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales

After each election, the Assembly elects one Assembly Member to serve as Presiding Officer (Welsh: Llywydd), and another to serve as a deputy. Rosemary Butler, Labour AM, has been Presiding Officer since the beginning of the 2011–2016 term, having taken over from Dafydd Elis Thomas. Lord Elis-Thomas, Plaid Cymru AM, had been Presiding Officer since the Assembly's creation, standing down from the post in 2011. Butler had been his deputy since 2007. The Presiding Officer also acts as Chair of the National Assembly for Wales Commission. Both the Presiding Officer and the Deputy Presiding Officer are expected not to vote.

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