| Pauline Jarman | |
| Constituency Am: | South Wales Central |
| Assembly: | National Assembly for WalesWelsh |
| Term Start: | 6 May 1999 |
| Term End: | 1 May 2003 |
| Predecessor: | New Assembly |
| Successor: | Leanne Wood |
| Office2: | Leader of Rhondda Cynon Taff Council |
| Term Start2: | 1999 |
| Term End2: | 2004 |
| Successor2: | Russell Roberts |
| Birth Date: | 15 December 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Mountain Ash, Wales |
| Party: | Plaid Cymru |
Pauline Jarman (born 15 December 1945) is a Welsh politician. She was the Plaid Cymru National Assembly for Wales Member for South Wales Central from 1999 to 2003 as well as being leader of Rhondda Cynon Taff Council from 1999 to 2004.[1]
Educated at Mountain Ash Grammar School, she is a former Cynon Valley Borough Councillor and Mid Glamorgan County Councillor. Rhondda Cynon Taff Council Opposition Leader until 2022. Jarman is a former Mayor.
Jarman lost her seat on the council in May 2022, as a result of changes to ward boundaries which meant her former ward of Mountain Ash East has been merged. She had been a councillor for 46 years. After the result was announced for the new Mountain Ash ward, Jarman pledged to "wallow in the luxury of my family now" and also finish a book she had been writing.[2]