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Past Presidents of the Welsh Rugby Union
| 1881 (March) |
CC Chambers Esq |
| 1881 (September) |
Earl of Jersey |
| 1885-1906 |
Sir JTD Llewellyn, Bart |
| 1906-1947 |
HS Lyne Esq, MBE |
| 1947-1953 |
Sir David Rocyn Jones CBE, K St J, DL, JP |
| 1953-1954 |
Ernest Davies Esq, JP |
| 1954-1955 |
WR Thoms Esq, MBE, JP |
| 1955-1956 |
Major TH Vile, MBE, JP |
| 1956-1957 |
Glyn Stephens Esq, JP |
| 1957-1958 |
Enoch H Rees Esq |
| 1958-1959 |
FG Phillips Esq |
| 1959-1960 |
Lt Col PR Howells |
| 1960-1961 |
D Hopkins Thomas Esq |
| 1961-1962 |
DE Davies Esq |
| 1962-1963 |
JW Faull Esq, MBE |
| 1963-1964 |
D Ewart Davies Esq |
| 1964-1965 |
Nathan Rocyn Jones Esq, MD, FRCS |
| 1965-1966 |
David Jones Esq |
| 1966-1967 |
TC Prosser, Esq, BEM |
| 1967-1968 |
Glyn Morgan Esq |
| 1968-1969 |
Ivor E Jones Esq, CBE, JP |
| 1969-1970 |
VC Phelps Esq |
| 1970-1971 |
KM Harris Esq, CBE |
| 1971-1972 |
Rhys E Williams Esq |
| 1972-1973 |
VJ Parfitt Esq, BEM |
| 1973-1974 |
LM Spence Esq MBE |
| 1974-1975 |
HM Bowcott Esq |
| 1975-1976 |
Handel C Rogers Esq |
| 1976-1977 |
Hywel Thomas Esq, TD, LLB |
| 1977-1978 |
T Rowley Jones Esq |
| 1978-1979 |
DJ James, Esq |
| 1979-1980 |
G Roblin Esq |
| 1980-1981 |
Cliff W Jones Esq, OBE, MA |
| 1981-1982 |
OG John Esq, OBE |
| 1982-1983 |
Hermas Evans Esq |
| 1983-1984 |
Eirwyn B Davies Esq |
| 1984-1985 |
Kenneth W Gwilym Esq |
| 1985-1986 |
Alun Thomas Esq |
| 1986-1987 |
Desmond Barnett Esq, JP |
| 1987-1988 |
W George Morgan Esq |
| 1988-1989 |
Myrddin Jones Esq |
| 1989-1990 |
Clive Rowlands Esq, OBE |
| 1990-1991 |
GJ Treharne Esq |
| 1991-1992 |
Ieuan Evans Esq |
| 1992-1993 |
Graham L Tregidon Esq |
| 1993-2004 |
The Right Honourable Sir Tasker Watkins VC, GBE, DL |
| 2004-2006 |
Keith Alun Rowlands |
2006 (September- November)
2007 (May-October) |
Keith Alun Rowlands
Glanmor S Griffiths |
| 2007 (October)- |
Dennis Gethin |
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| Dennis Gethin |
WRU President - Dennis Gethin
Dennis Gethin was elected the new President of the Welsh Rugby Union in late August 2007, officially taking up the highest chain of office in Welsh Sport at the WRU's Annual General Meeting on October 28th. The President is the senior figurehead of Welsh rugby and is empowered to attend all the major decision making meetings within the Union's senior structure. Gethin beat the only other Presidential candidate, former Wales and British and Irish Lions fullback JPR Williams, to the post that Glanmor Griffiths had vacated, choosing not to stand for re-election himself. Gethin became a Welsh Secondary Schools International in 1963 and won two rugby Blues at Cambridge in 1965 and 1966. He played his club rugby as a fullback for Seven Sisters, Swansea, Neath, Cardiff and Glamorgan Wanderers. After his retirement from the game he became Secretary and later Chairman of the Welsh Academicals and is now a Life Vice President of the club. He was Secretary of the Welsh Rugby Union for five years from March 1998 to December 2002. A qualified solicitor, during his career Gethin moved from private practice to local government where he rose to become Chief Executive of Taff Ely Borough Council from 1982 until his retirement in 1996. He is currently a member of the Audience Council for the BBC in Wales. |
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