Robert Griffiths (politician)

Robert Griffiths
Griffiths in 2011
2nd General Secretary of the Communist Party of Britain
Assumed office
1 January 1998
Preceded byMike Hicks
Leader of the Welsh Socialist Republican Movement
In office
1979–1982
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born
Robert David Griffiths

(1952-04-21) 21 April 1952
Cardiff, Wales
NationalityBritish
Political partyCommunist Party of Britain
Other political
affiliations
Plaid Cymru (1974–1978)
Welsh Socialist Republican Movement (1979–1982)
Communist Party of Great Britain (until 1988)

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 to replace Mike Hicks.