Editing Dafydd Iwan (section)

{{Short description|Welsh singer and politician}}
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{{Use British English|date=February 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| name          = Dafydd Iwan
| image         = Dafydd Iwan from Emynau album cover.jpg
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| caption       = 
| birth_name    = Dafydd Iwan Jones
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1943|08|24|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Brynamman]], [[Carmarthenshire]], [[Wales]]
| death_date    = 
| death_place   = 
| other_names   = 
| occupation    = {{flatlist|
*[[Politician]]
*[[folk music|folk singer]]
}}
| years_active  = Late 1960s–present
| known_for     = President of [[Plaid Cymru]]
| notable_works = "[[Yma o Hyd]]" (1983)
|relatives      = [[Huw Ceredig]] (brother)<br>[[Alun Ffred Jones]] (brother)
}}
[[File:Ar Lan y Mor - Dafydd Iwan.ogg|thumb|Dafydd Iwan singing {{lang|cy|[[Ar Lan y Môr]]}} (1993)]]
[[File:Dafydd-Iwan by-Aberdare-Blog.jpg|200px|thumb|right]]
'''Dafydd Iwan Jones''' (born 24 August 1943) is a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] singer and [[Welsh nationalism|nationalist]] politician who rose to fame writing and performing [[folk music]] in the [[Welsh language]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.welshicons.org.uk/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217014629/http://www.welshicons.org.uk/html/dafydd_iwan.php|url-status=dead|title=Welsh Symbols|archivedate=17 December 2010|website=Welshicons.org.uk}}</ref> From 2003 to 2010, Iwan was the president of [[Plaid Cymru]], a political party which advocates for [[Welsh independence]] from the UK.