Trefor Puw Is a Welsh politician and member of Plaid Cymru

Plaid Cymru

' is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union. was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966...

. He is currently standing for Newport East

Newport East (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

Newport East is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election...

 constituency in the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007

National Assembly for Wales election, 2007

The 2007 National Assembly election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the National Assembly for Wales. It was the third general election. On the same day local elections in England and Scotland, and the Scottish Parliament election took place...

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Trefor Puw was born in Newport

Newport

Newport is a city and unitary authority area in Wales. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, it is located about east of Cardiff and is the largest urban area within the historic county boundaries of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent...

 and continues to live in the city of his birth. Married with two daughters, Trefor Puw runs a small wood recycling business in Newport, having previously worked in the field of electronics.

Trefor Puw is also a Chartered Electrical Engineer. Trefor Puw's political interests centre mainly on sustainable development

Sustainable development

Sustainable development is a pattern of resource use, that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for generations to come...

, he is a keen environmentalist

Environmentalist

An environmentalist broadly supports the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that seeks to improve and protect the quality of the natural environment through changes to environmentally harmful human activities"...

, Non-political interests include table tennis

Table tennis

Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

, and Trefor Puw is a competitor in that sport in the Newport and District League.

Sources

• Plaid Cymru Website