- 2001 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 2001 to
Wales and its people.Incumbents
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Prince of Wales -Charles, Prince of Wales
*Princess of Wales - "vacant"
*First Minister -Rhodri Morgan
*Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales -Dafydd Elis-Thomas
*Secretary of State for Wales - Paul Murphy
*Archbishop of Wales -Rowan Williams Events
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1 March - Peter Clarke is appointedChildren's Commissioner for Wales .
*7 June - In the UK general election:
**Plaid Cymru retain a total of 4 seats. They loseYnys Môn to Labour butAdam Price gainsCarmarthen East and Dinefwr from Labour'sAlan Wynne Williams .
**Newly-elected Labour MPs includeHywel Francis (Aberavon ),Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside ),Wayne David (Caerphilly ),Ian Lucas (Wrexham ) andChris Bryant (Rhondda)
**Kevin Brennan replacesRhodri Morgan as MP forCardiff West .
*16 June - EntrepreneurTerry Matthews is knighted in theQueen's Birthday Honours list.
*16 September - To commemorate "Glyndwr Day", actressSian Phillips unveils a memorial statue toCatrin Glyndŵr in London.
*11 July -Welsh language pressure groupCymuned is launched at a meeting inMynytho .Arts and literature
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15 March -Julien MacDonald is chosen as fashion houseGivenchy 's new designer.
*24 March - Opening of the exhibition "LetPaul Robeson Sing!" inCardiff .
*15 December -Rob Brydon wins Best TV Comedy Actor award in the British Comedy Awards.
*25 December -Matthew Rhys andTom Ward star in a TV adaptation of "The Lost World".
*Jessica Garlick makes the last ten in the first series of "Pop Idol ".
*Andrew Vicari sells a collection of 125 paintings of the First Gulf War to Prince Khaled ofSaudi Arabia for £17 million.
*Irish photographerPaul Seawright is awarded a personal chair by theUniversity of Wales, Newport .Awards
*Prix Hélène Rochas -
Rebecca Evans
*Cardiff Singer of the World -Marius Brenciu National Eisteddfod (held in
Denbigh )*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair -
Mererid Hopwood (first woman ever to win the Chair)
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown -Penri Roberts
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal -Elfyn Pritchard
*Wales Book of the Year :
**English language: Stephen Knight - "Mr Schnitzel"
**Welsh language:*Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen -
New books
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Gwynfor Evans - "Cymru o Hud"
*Malcolm Pryce - "Aberystwyth Mon Amour"
*Alastair Reynolds - "Chasm City "
*Angharad Tomos - "Cnonyn Aflonydd"Music
*Feeder - "Echo Park" (album)
*Hilary Tann - "The Grey Tide and the Green", commissioned for the Last Night of the Welsh Proms and performed by theRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted byOwain Arwel Hughes .
*Catatonia - "Paper Scissors Stone" (album)
*Goldie Lookin' Chain - "Don't Blame the Chain" (album)
*Melys - "Chinese Whispers" (album)Film
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John Rhys-Davies makes his first appearance as Gimli in "".
*Sara Sugarman writes and directs "Very Annie Mary ", featuring Welsh stars such asJonathan Pryce ,Kenneth Griffith ,Matthew Rhys ,Ioan Gruffudd ,Mary Hopkin andRuth Madoc .
*Rhys Ifans co-stars in "The Shipping News".
*ABollywood film, "Mein Dil Tujhko Diya (I Gave You my Heart)", is shot inAberystwyth and theElan Valley .Welsh-language films
*"Y Delyn"
Broadcasting
Welsh-language television
*"Y Stafell Ddirgel" (drama serial)
English-language television
*"The Bench"
port
*Football -
Liverpool F.C. win theFA Cup the first time it is played in Cardiff'sMillennium Stadium .
*Snooker - Mark Williams wins the China Open.Births
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Deaths
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11 January -Lorna Sage , critic
*22 February -Cledwyn Hughes , Lord Cledwyn of Penrhos, former Secretary of State for Wales
*11 April - SirHarry Secombe , singer and comedian
*30 April -Brian Morris, Baron Morris of Castle Morris , poet, critic and politician
*25 May -Delme Bryn-Jones , operatic baritone
*17 July -Val Feld , the first member of the Welsh Assembly to die
*19 July -Roderic Bowen , MP
*19 September - Rhys Jones, archaeologist
*6 December -Eryl Stephen Thomas , former Bishop of Monmouth and of Llandaff
*7 December -Ray Powell , MP
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