Carwyn Jones
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Carwyn Howell Jones, AM (born 21 March 1967), is a Welsh Labour politician who served as First Minister of Wales and Leader of the Welsh Labour Party from 2009 to 2018.
He served as Wales' Counsel General from 2007 to 2009.
In 1999, Jones became the first elected Member of the National Assembly (AM) for Bridgend. Jones served in the Cabinet from 2000 to 2002 as Secretary for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Welsh Government, as Minister of State for Environment from 2003 to 2007.
Following the One Wales coalition deal with Plaid Cymru, he was named Minister for Education, Culture, and the Welsh Language, as well as the House Chief Counsel General for Wales and President of the House of Commons. After Jones was elected with over half of the vote, Jones succeeded Rhodri Morgan as Welsh Labour Leader and First Minister on December 1, 2009.
Jones, the third member of Wales' cabinet, was nominated as First Minister by the National Assembly on December 9, 2009, and the following day, Mark Drakeford (the Finance Secretary in Jones' cabinet) was elected as his replacement.
Early life
He was born in Swansea and raised in a Welsh-speaking family, and is a fluent speaker of Welsh. He attended Brynteg Comprehensive School in Bridgend, then completed a LLB degree in 1988, where he joined the Labour Party in 1984-2005.
Personal life
When Jones and Lisa, both from Belfast, studied at Aberystwyth University, they met. They have two children.
Professional career
Carwyn Jones graduated in 1988 from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth with a Bachelor of Laws degree and went on to the Inns of Court School of Law in London to train as a barrister. He was admitted to the Bar in Gray's Inn in 1989 and spent a year in Cardiff in pupillage, followed by ten years in practice at Gower Chambers, Swansea, dealing with family, criminal, and personal injury law. He left teaching at Cardiff University for two years as a tutor on the Bar Vocational Course.
Jones unsuccessfully applied for the Labour Party's seat in Brecon and Radnorshire in 1997, but he later said in a BBC interview that he hoped to run for the Bridgend constituency in the first elections for the Welsh Assembly; he has held the seat ever since.
Political career
Jones served as a County Borough Councillor for Bridgend for five years, where he later chaired the Labour Party.
In 1999, he was elected Deputy Secretary in the National Assembly for Wales, and he became a Member of the National Assembly of Wales for Bridgend. He was named Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Welsh Government on July 23, 2000, before the title was changed to Minister in October 2000. The environment, rural development, agriculture, and rural growth were among his responsibilities in this position. In June 2002, his brief was extended after he was named Minister for the Open Government in place of his regular duties. He was responsible for the Welsh response to the 2001 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic.
He was named Minister for Education, Culture, and the Welsh Language after the 2007 election, and he was responsible for the Department of Education, Lifelong Learning, and Skills, as well as the Welsh language and sport portfolios. Jones was appointed as the House's Counsel General and Secretary of the House after his party entered alliance with Plaid Cymru.
Following the Welsh Labour Leader and First Minister Rhodri Morgan's announcement in September 2009 that he would resign both positions, Jones went to the following election to replace him, where his opponents included Edwina Hart and Huw Lewis. Jones was elected the next Leader of the United States by over 51% of the vote on December 1st.
Post-leadership career
In 2019, he was the subject of more mainstream media coverage as a result of Jones' testimony during the inquest into Sargeant's death. Jones had given a statement as evidence, according to the coroner, John Gittins, but that Jones had later withdrawn a specific remark regarding his behavior after learning of Sargeant's death. Jones was either inaccurate, or more problematic, "perhaps deliberately" misleading the truth, according to Gittins, who had a tendency to ignore the facts he had previously stated. Jones vehemently denied the latter. Jones had also requested evidence relating to Sargeant, which was later dismissed by Gittins. Jones later appealed against the decision, but in the High Court, it was refused.
Jones has been involved in a number of public debates on a variety of Welsh civic topics since stepping down from his position as Prime Minister Leo Varadkar's resignation. The debating of Welsh independence has included one event at the National Eisteddfod in which he admitted that Wales was "not too poor to be free." He has, on the other hand, argued that independence is "not as simple as some believe."
Jones was announced as a senior contributor to the non-political "business to business news website" Business News Wales. Roger Lewis, the Welsh Rugby Union CEO, Education, and Skills Minister Ken Skates, the Celtic Manor Resort CEO, and Transport for Wales' CEO James Price, among others, have all appeared on "Carwyn Meets," where he has interviewed Welsh Rugby Union CEO Roger Lewis, the Economy, Infrastructure, and Skills Minister, among other things.
Jones had been appointed Professor of Law at Aberystwyth University and will work in the law and criminology departments on a part-time basis, and it was confirmed on January 15, 2020.
Jones was elected as the representative of Welsh Labour on the Labour party's national executive committee in November 2020. He told Labourlist (a news website that focuses on Labour Party affairs) that he wanted to "make sure we have an NEC that is a trusted advisor of the leadership, but that he also said that the Labour government will be elected again."
Jones was elected Chair of Trustees for the Welsh Climate Charity, Size of Wales, in May 2021.