Alun Davies (politician)

Alun Davies
Davies in 2016
Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services
In office
3 November 2017 – 13 December 2018
First MinisterCarwyn Jones
Preceded byCarl Sargeant (Communities and Children)
Succeeded byJulie James (Minister for Housing and Local Government)
Minister for Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language
In office
19 May 2016 – 3 November 2017
First MinisterCarwyn Jones
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byThe Baroness Morgan of Ely
Minister for Natural Resources and Food
In office
14 March 2013 – 8 July 2014
First MinisterCarwyn Jones
Preceded byJohn Griffiths (Environment and Sustainable Development)
Himself (Deputy Minister for Agriculture)
Succeeded byRebecca Evans (Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries)
Deputy Minister for Agriculture
In office
13 May 2011 – 14 March 2013
First MinisterCarwyn Jones
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byHimself (Minister for Natural Resources and Food)
Member of the Senedd
for Blaenau Gwent
Assumed office
5 May 2011
Preceded byTrish Law
Majority6,638 (31.9%)
Member of the Welsh Assembly
for Mid and West Wales
In office
3 May 2007 – 5 May 2011
Preceded byGlyn Davies (no relation)
Succeeded byRebecca Evans
Personal details
Born (1964-02-12) 12 February 1964 (age 60)
Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales
Political partyWelsh Labour & Co-operative (since 2002)
Other political
affiliations
Plaid Cymru (1990–2002)[1]
Alma materUniversity of Wales, Aberystwyth
OccupationPolitician, public affairs consultant and businessperson
WebsiteWelsh Labour

Thomas Alun Rhys Davies (born 12 February 1964) is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative party politician serving as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Blaenau Gwent since 2011, and formerly Mid and West Wales from 2007 to 2011. He has served in several Welsh government offices, including Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services, Minister for Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language, and Minister for Natural Resources and Food.

Davies previously worked as a public affairs consultant, and began his political career in Plaid Cymru before joining Welsh Labour. He was sacked from his Cabinet role in 2014 for pressuring civil servants to reveal private information about opposition Members, shortly after facing calls to resign after an investigation determined he had breached the Ministerial Code on a separate issue.

  1. ^ "Member Profile". National Assembly for Wales.