Carwyn Jones
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The Right Honourable Carwyn Jones AM |
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| First Minister of Wales | |
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Assumed office 10 December 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Rhodri Morgan |
| Leader of Welsh Labour | |
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Assumed office 10 December 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Rhodri Morgan |
| Counsel General for Wales | |
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In office 19 July 2007 – 9 December 2009 |
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| First Minister | Rhodri Morgan |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | John Griffiths |
| Minister for Education, Culture and Welsh Language | |
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In office 25 May 2007 – 19 July 2007 |
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| First Minister | Rhodri Morgan |
| Preceded by | Jane Davidson |
| Succeeded by | Jane Hutt |
| Minister for Environment, Planning and Countryside | |
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In office 1 May 2003 – 25 May 2007 |
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| First Minister | Rhodri Morgan |
| Preceded by | Delyth Evans |
| Succeeded by | Jane Davidson |
| Minister for Assembly Business | |
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In office 12 May 2002 – 1 May 2003 |
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| First Minister | Rhodri Morgan |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | Karen Sinclair |
| Secretary for Agricultural and Rural Economy | |
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In office 15 February 2000 – 15 September 2005 |
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| First Minister | Rhodri Morgan |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | Carwyn Jones |
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Member of the Welsh Assembly for Bridgend |
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Assumed office 6 May 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Majority | 5,623 (20.9%) |
| Personal details | |
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21 March 1967 Swansea, Wales |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Lisa |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
University of Wales Inns of Court |
| Profession | Barrister |
| Website | www.carwynjonesam.co.uk |
Carwyn Howell Jones (born 21 March 1967) is a Welsh politician who is the First Minister of Wales. The third politician to lead the Welsh Government, Jones has been Assembly Member for Bridgend since 1999. In the coalition government of Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru, he was appointed Counsel General for Wales and Leader of the House on 19 July 2007. He was elected to succeed Rhodri Morgan as the Leader of Welsh Labour on 1 December 2009. On 9 December he was nominated as First Minister by the National Assembly, and was sworn into office the following day. He is a Welsh speaker, and is also a member of Amnesty International and the Fabian Society.
Born in Swansea, he was raised in Bridgend in a Welsh-speaking family. He was a pupil at Brynteg Comprehensive School in Bridgend, and then studied at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he joined the Labour Party during the 1984–5 Miners' Strike.
Carwyn Jones graduated from Aberystwyth University with an LLB (Bachelor of Laws) degree in 1988 and went on to the Inns of Court School of Law in London to train as a barrister. He was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn in 1989 and subsequently spent a further year in Cardiff in pupillage followed by ten years in practice at Gower Chambers, Swansea – specialising in Family, Criminal and Personal Injury law. He left the Swansea legal practice to become a tutor at Cardiff University for two years on the Bar Vocational Course. Jones has warned students studying for a law degree at Aberystwyth "Don’t assume that it’s a passport to a job. Ten times more lawyers graduate than can be found jobs."
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