2000 in Wales

See also: 1999 in Wales, other events of 2000, 2001 in Wales and the list of years in Wales.

Incumbents

• 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

• August - National Eisteddfod of Wales held at Llanelli.
• October 16 - Rhodri Morgan's official title as leader of the Welsh Assembly is changed from First Secretary to First Minister.
• November 18 - Catherine Zeta-Jones marries Michael Douglas at the Plaza Hotel, New York City.
• The Cardiff Bay Development Corporation is wound up, having achieved its main objective of regenerating the former docklands of Cardiff.

Arts and literature

• Sian Phillips is awarded a CBE in the Queen's birthday honours list.
• Bryn Terfel's Faenol Festival is launched.
• The Welsh Music Foundation is established.

Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair -
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown -
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Eurig Wyn, Tri Mochyn Bach
• Wales Book of the Year:
  • English language: Sheenagh Pugh - Stonelight
  • Welsh language: Gwyneth Lewis - Y Llofrudd Iaith

• Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen - Geraint V. Jones, Cur y Nos

New books

• Trezza Azzopardi - The Hiding Place
• Jon Gower - Big Fish
• Sheenagh Pugh - Stonelight
• Owen Sheers - The Blue Book

Music

• Larry Goves - walking underground

Film

English language films

• The Testimony of Taliesin Jones with Jonathan Pryce and Matthew Rhys
• Rancid Aluminium, based on the novel by James Hawes, with Rhys Ifans, Keith Allen and Brian Hibbard.

Welsh language films

• Moth (S4C)

Broadcasting

Sports

• Golf - Phillip Price is ranked 8th in the world.
• Snooker - Mark Williams defeats Matthew Stevens in an all-Welsh final at the World Snooker Championship.

Births

• August 8 - Dylan Michael Douglas, son of Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones

Deaths

• May 28 - Donald Davies, computer scientist and inventor
• May 30 - Doris Hare, actress
• September 17 - Paula Yates, television presenter (born in Colwyn Bay)
• September 25 - R. S. Thomas, poet
• September 30 - Howard Winstone, boxing champion

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