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This is a list of notable alumni and staff of Cardiff University and its predecessor institutions
Heads of state and government Roy Jenkins – former President of the European Commission Politics David Richards , Chief of the Defence Staff David Bahati – State Minister of Finance for Planning in the Cabinet of Uganda Christine Chapman – MS for Cynon Valley Jeffrey Cuthbert – Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner , MS for Caerphilly and Welsh Government Minister for Communities and Tackling PovertyHefin David – MS for Caerphilly Wayne David – MP for Caerphilly and UK Shadow Minister for Europe , Shadow Minister for Defence Procurement and Shadow Minister for the Armed ForcesS. O. Davies – miner, trade union official and Labour Party MP[1] Guto Harri – broadcaster, Communications Director for the Mayor of London Elin Jones – MS for Ceredigion , Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales and Welsh Government Minister for Rural AffairsFatou Sanyang Kinteh – Gambian Minister for Women's Affairs, Children and Social WelfareSir Emyr Jones Parry – British Permanent Representative to the United Nations [2] Glenys Kinnock – MEP and UK Foreign Office MinisterNeil Kinnock – MP for Bedwellty and for Islwyn , Leader of the Labour Party , Leader of the Opposition Mike Hedges – MS for Swansea East Hilary Marquand – MP for Cardiff East and Minister for Health.Robert Minhinnick – co-founder of Friends of the Earth (Cymru)[3] Christopher Walter Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley – advisor to Margaret Thatcher Craig Oliver – Conservative Party Director of CommunicationsAdam Price – MS and leader of Plaid Cymru Bill Rammell – MP for Harlow David Rees – MS for Aberavon and Deputy Presiding Officer of the Senedd Cymru.Lord Richards – Chief of the Defence Staff Michael Shrimpton – barrister, politician, and conspiracy theoristJohn Smith – MP for the Vale of Glamorgan , member of the Defence Select Committee Victoria Starmer – Wife of Sir Keir Starmer , solicitor, and NHS occpuational health worker.[4] Brian Wilson – MP for Cunninghame North and Minister of StateMike Wood – MP for Dudley South University administrators C. W. L. Bevan – Principal of the University College of South Wales and Monmounthshire 1966–1972; Principal of University College Cardiff 1972–1987Leszek Borysiewicz – Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge David Grant – Vice Chancellor of University of Wales Cardiff 2001–2005; Vice Chancellor of Cardiff University 2005–2012Ernest Howard Griffiths – Principal of the University College of South Wales and Monmounthshire 1901–1918John Viriamu Jones – Principal of the University College of South Wales and Monmounthshire 1883–1901Frederick Rees – Principal of the University College of South Wales and Monmounthshire 1929–1949Colin Riordan – Vice Chancellor of Cardiff University since 2012Brian Smith – Principal of University of Wales College Cardiff 1988–1996; Vice Chancellor of University of Wales Cardiff 1996–2001Anthony Steel – Principal of the University College of South Wales and Monmounthshire 1949–1966Sir Aubrey Trotman-Dickenson – Principal of the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology 1968–1988; Principal of University of Wales College Cardiff 1988–1993Academics Martin Evans , Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Robert Huber , Nobel Laureate in ChemistryAbedelnasser Abulrob – medical researcherMiguel Alcubierre – Mexican theoretical physicistRudolf K. Allemann – Swiss biochemistGabrielle Allen – computer scientistRobin Attfield – philosopherMartin J. Ball – Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Bangor University , Cymru/WalesPaul E. A. Barbier – Professor of French at the University of Leeds Jason Barker – professorYehuda Bauer – Professor of Holocaust Studies at the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Archie Cochrane – pioneer of scientific method in medicinePeter Coles – Professor of Astrophysics David Crouch – historianAlun Davies – bioscientistHuw Dixon – economistStephen Dunnett – neuroscientistAlice Laura Embleton – biologist , zoologist and suffragist .Martin Evans – Nobel Prize for Medicine [5] 2007Mahmoud Ezzamel – professorial fellowDimitra Fimi – writerBrian J. Ford – Honorary fellow of Cardiff University (1986), honorary fellow of the Linnean Society , honorary fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society .John S. Fossey – Professor of synthetic chemistry at the University of Birmingham Burt Goldberg – university professor, microbiologistKaren Holford – engineerRobert Huber – Professor of Chemistry , Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1988[6] [7] John Loughlin – Professor of PoliticsVaughan Lowe – Chichele Professor of Public International Law in the University of Oxford Ursula Masson – women's history and feminismPatrick Minford – Professor of Applied EconomicsJohn Warwick Montgomery – American lawyer and theologian; Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy and Christian Thought at Patrick Henry College [8] Christopher Norris – literary criticKeith Peters – Regius Professor of Physic in the University of Cambridge Leighton Durham Reynolds – Emeritus Professor of Classical Languages and Literature, University of Oxford Alice Roberts – clinical anatomist and osteoarchaeologist Wendy Sadler – physicist and science communicatorH. W. Lloyd Tanner – Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy (1883–1909)Pamela Taylor – Professor of Forensic Psychiatry since 2004Meena Upadhyaya – medical geneticistKeith Ward – philosopher, Gresham Professor of Divinity , Gresham College Chandra Wickramasinghe – mathematician, astronomer and astrobiologist, Professor of Applied MathematicsRheinallt Nantlais Williams – professor of the philosophy of religion, principal of the United Theological College, Aberystwyth Emma Yhnell – biomedical research scientistBusiness Religion Sport Arts and journalism Huw Edwards , BAFTA award-winning journalistTim Hetherington , nominee of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2011References
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