Carwyn Jones

Carwyn Jones
Official portrait, 2016
First Minister of Wales
In office
10 December 2009 – 12 December 2018
MonarchElizabeth II
DeputyIeuan Wyn Jones (2009–11)
Preceded byRhodri Morgan
Succeeded byMark Drakeford
Leader of Welsh Labour
In office
1 December 2009 – 6 December 2018
DeputyCarolyn Harris (2018)
UK party leaderGordon Brown
Ed Miliband
Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded byRhodri Morgan
Succeeded byMark Drakeford
Counsel General for Wales
In office
19 July 2007 – 9 December 2009
First MinisterRhodri Morgan
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byJohn Griffiths
Ministerial offices
Minister for Education, Culture and the Welsh Language
In office
25 May 2007 – 19 July 2007
First MinisterRhodri Morgan
Preceded byJane Davidson
Succeeded byJane Hutt
Minister for the Environment, Planning and Countryside
In office
13 May 2003 – 25 May 2007
First MinisterRhodri Morgan
Preceded byDelyth Evans
Succeeded byJane Davidson
Minister for Assembly Business
In office
18 June 2002 – 13 May 2003
First MinisterRhodri Morgan
Preceded byAndrew Davies
Succeeded byKaren Sinclair
Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs
In office
23 July 2000 – 18 June 2002
First MinisterRhodri Morgan
Preceded byChristine Gwyther
Succeeded byMike German
Member of the Senedd
for Bridgend
In office
6 May 1999 – 29 April 2021
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded bySarah Murphy
Personal details
Born
Carwyn Howell Jones

(1967-03-21) 21 March 1967 (age 57)
Swansea, Wales
Political partyLabour
SpouseLisa Jones
Children2
Alma materAberystwyth University
Inns of Court School of Law
ProfessionBarrister
Cabinet
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Carwyn Howell Jones (born 21 March 1967) is a Welsh politician who served as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour from 2009 to 2018. He served as Counsel General for Wales from 2007 to 2009. Jones served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Bridgend from 1999 to 2021.

Jones served in the Cabinet as Secretary for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Welsh Government from 2000 to 2002, and as Minister of State for the Environment from 2003 to 2007.[1] Following the 2007 election, he was appointed Minister for Education, Culture and the Welsh Language, and thereafter Counsel General for Wales and Leader of the House following the One Wales coalition agreement with Plaid Cymru.

Jones succeeded Rhodri Morgan as Welsh Labour Leader and First Minister on 1 December 2009, after Jones was elected with over 50% of the vote.[2][3] The third politician to lead the Welsh Government, Jones was nominated as First Minister by the National Assembly on 9 December 2009, and was sworn into office the following day.[2]

On 21 April 2018 he announced he would step down as First Minister that autumn, and in December 2018 Mark Drakeford (the Finance Secretary in Jones' cabinet) was elected as his replacement.[4]

  1. ^ "Page 25" (PDF). Assembly.wales. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Jones is new Welsh Labour leader". BBC Wales. 1 December 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
  3. ^ "Carwyn Jones clinches leadership in Wales". Wales Online. 1 December 2009. Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
  4. ^ "Carwyn Jones to quit as first minister". BBC News. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.