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| Ieuan Wyn Jones to stand down as Yyns Mon AM | Ieuan Wyn Jones to stand down as Yyns Mon AM |
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| The former leader of Plaid Cymru, Ieuan Wyn Jones, is to stand down from his Ynys Mon seat, triggering a by-election, BBC Wales understands. | The former leader of Plaid Cymru, Ieuan Wyn Jones, is to stand down from his Ynys Mon seat, triggering a by-election, BBC Wales understands. |
| He is expected to announce on Tuesday that he is leaving the Welsh assembly for a new career away from politics. | He is expected to announce on Tuesday that he is leaving the Welsh assembly for a new career away from politics. |
| Mr Jones has been an AM since 1999 and was deputy first minister in the One Wales coalition government with Labour after the 2007 assembly election. | Mr Jones has been an AM since 1999 and was deputy first minister in the One Wales coalition government with Labour after the 2007 assembly election. |
| The Anglesey AM was replaced by Leanne Wood in March last year. | |
| Mr Jones stood down as Plaid Cymru leader after the party's disappointing showing at the 2011 assembly election. | Mr Jones stood down as Plaid Cymru leader after the party's disappointing showing at the 2011 assembly election. |
| They were widely seen as having failed to capitalise on their period as junior coalition partners. | They were widely seen as having failed to capitalise on their period as junior coalition partners. |
| Born in 1949, solicitor Mr Jones served as an MP from 1987 to 2001. | |
| He was elected in 1999 as AM for Ynys Mon. | |
| He was chair of Plaid Cymru between 1980 and 1982 and 1990 to 1992, and was the party's campaigns director in 1999. | |
| Mr Jones went on to lead the party between 2000 and 2012, before Leanne Wood took over. | |
| He became a member of the National Eisteddfod Gorsedd in 2001 and a fellow of the University of Wales, Bangor, last year. |