Chris Bryant
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Chris was born in Cardiff in 1962 and brought up in Cardiff, Spain and Cheltenham. He read English at Mansfield College Oxford and Theology at Ripon College, Cuddesdon, before ordination in the Church of England in December 1986.
Following his election as Rhondda's MP in June2001 he has served on the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee of the House of Commons, as well as the Joint Committee of the Lords and Commons on Reform of the House of Lords.
From May 2005 to June2006 Chris was the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, then to Harriet Harman as Leader of the House of Commons from July 2007 to October 2008.
He is an Associate of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain and a member of the Co-op Party, Amnesty International, Amicus and the Fabians.
He speaks fluent Spanish and good French. He lives in Porth in the Rhondda Fach.
Chris Bryant in Paris
Chris Bryant was in Paris on 6 and 7 January, for his first visit since he took office. He met with his French counterpart Pierre Lellouche on January 7.
The two ministers for Europe talk about their meeting in a video interview in French and English:
Chris Bryant rencontre Pierre Lellouche le 7 janvier à Paris
View the photos of the meeting on Flickr
Read Chris Bryant's visit to Paris post on his blog
