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Llŷr Huws Gruffydd (born 25 September 1970) is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician, serving as a Member of the Senedd (MS) for the North Wales region since 2011. He acted as interim leader of Plaid Cymru from 16 May to 16 June 2023.
He began his working career as a youth worker, then worked for Wales Youth Agency and the Council for Wales of Voluntary Youth Services and then as a project manager for an economic development company. Gruffydd has also been a Management Consultant for the National Trust in Wales.
He has served as a Member of the Senedd (MS) for the North Wales region since 2011. In the 2011 Senedd election, he was returned as one of the four members of the Senedd for the North Wales region, being the first placed candidate on the Plaid Cymru list.
In October 2018, Llyr Gruffydd took on the Plaid Cymru role for the environment and rural affairs.
Gruffydd is Plaid Cymru's spokesperson on finance and local government and he is also the chair of the Senedd committee on climate change, environment and infrastructure, and a member of the committee for scrutiny of the First Minister; committee for culture, communications, welsh language, sport and international relations, and the Llywydd's committee. He also chairs the cross-party group on horseracing, as well as being a member of cross-party groups on mental health, North Wales, public transport, Renewable energy, rural growth, Shooting sports and conservation, small shops, sport and tourism.
During his leadership, Gruffydd maintained the co-operation agreement between Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru. He was also critical of the party's inaction on misconduct within the party, which led to Price's resignation and his interim leadership.
In the 2026 Senedd election, he will be a candidate in the Clwyd constituency.
He is the father of four children.
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