Robert Griffiths (other)
Robert Griffiths may refer to: *Robert Griffiths (politician) (born 1952), British communist politician *Robert Griffiths (physicist) (born 1937), American physicist *Robert Griffiths (mathematician), Australian statistician *Robert William Griffiths (1896–1962), Welsh farmer and businessman *Bob Griffiths (writer) (born 1938), American author, playwright and professional speaker *Bob Griffiths (priest) (born 1953), Church in Wales priest *Bob Griffiths (footballer, born 1903) (1903–1970), footballer for Chelsea *Bobby Griffiths (born 1942), footballer for Chester City See also

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Robert Griffiths (politician)
Robert Griffiths (born 21 April 1952) is a Welsh communist activist and the current General Secretary of the Communist Party of Britain. He was elected by the party's Executive Committee in January 1998, in place of Mike Hicks (trade unionist), Mike Hicks. Early life Griffiths was born in Cardiff and grew up in the suburb of Llanrumney, where he attended Bryn Hafod primary school. Afterwards he attended Cardiff High School, and later went to the University of Bath to study economics. While at university he competed in boxing tournaments. Career He joined Plaid Cymru in 1973, after being impressed by Emrys Roberts (Plaid Cymru politician), Emrys Roberts' campaign in the 1972 Merthyr Tydfil by-election, Merthyr Tydfil by-election. The following year in 1974, he began to work for Plaid Cymru as a parliamentary research officer. He stayed in the post until December 1979; it was a difficult year for the party, which had faced defeat in the 1979 Welsh devolution referendum, Welsh devo ...
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