Liz Saville Roberts named as 2023 Eisteddfod Honorary President

She will speak from the Pafiliwn Mawr stage at the festival held in Boduan from 5-12 August.

Liz Saville Roberts was first elected in 2015, the first woman to represent Dwyfor Meirionnydd and Plaid Cymru's first female MP. She retained the seat in the 2017 and 2019 snap elections with a higher percentage of the vote.

Originally from Eltham in south London, Liz learned Welsh while at university in Aberystwyth. She worked as a journalist in London and north Wales and then as a further education lecturer at Coleg Meirion Dwyfor, where she developed Welsh language education. Before her election to Westminster, Liz was a Gwynedd County Councillor between 2004 and 2015 representing Morfa Nefyn in Pen Llŷn.

In 2017 Liz was appointed as Parliamentary Leader of the Plaid Cymru Westminster Group and is the Party's Spokesperson for the Home Office, Transport, Women and Equality, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and Justice.

Liz has lived in Pen Llŷn with her husband Dewi since 1993, and they have two daughters, Lowri and Lisa. She is one of the judges for this year's Learner of the Year competition, and will take part in various sessions across the Maes during the week.

She follows a number of prominent Welsh people as the Eisteddfod’s Honorary President, including presenter and DJ, Huw Stephens, historian Elin Jones, and the former assistant manager of the Wales men’s football team, Osian Roberts,

For more information on the National Eisteddfod and to buy Maes tickets, go to www.eisteddfod.wales.