John Walter Jones (28 March 1946 – 24 September 2020)[1][2][3] was a civil servant and the first Chief Executive of the Welsh Language Board, a post which he held between 1993 and 2004.
[4] John Walter Jones was born in Moelfre, Anglesey,[4] and educated at Friars School, Bangor.
[6] Jones retired from the Welsh Language Board in 2004,[4] and that year he was ordained to the Order of the Bards at the National Eisteddfod in Newport.
[4] He retired early in December 2010 in controversial circumstances as he had intended to remain in his post until Spring 2011.
[10] In the 2018 National Eisteddfod held in Cardiff, the financial prize awarded with the Chair was donated by Jones and his wife in memory of their daughter.