David Jones (MP for Clwyd West)
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The Right Honourable David Jones MP |
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| Minister of State for Exiting the European Union | |
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Assumed office 17 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | David Lidington |
| Secretary of State for Wales | |
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In office 4 September 2012 – 14 July 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Cheryl Gillan |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Crabb |
| Under Secretary of State for Wales | |
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In office 11 May 2010 – 4 September 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Wayne David |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Crabb |
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Member of Parliament for Clwyd West |
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Assumed office 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Gareth Thomas |
| Majority | 6,730 (17.7%) |
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Member of the National Assembly for North Wales |
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In office 10 September 2002 – 1 May 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Rod Richards |
| Succeeded by | Mark Isherwood |
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22 March 1952 London, England, UK |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Sara Jones |
| Alma mater |
University College London University of Law |
| Religion | Anglicanism |
| Website | davidjonesmp |
David Ian Jones (born 22 March 1952) is a British Conservative Party politician and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Clwyd West. He was appointed Secretary of State for Wales on 4 September 2012, following David Cameron's first Cabinet reshuffle, and removed from office in another reshuffle on 14 July 2014. After Theresa May's appointment as Prime Minister, he was appointed as a Minister of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union.
He is the first Welsh secretary to have served as an Assembly Member, and the first Conservative Welsh Secretary to represent a Welsh constituency since Nicholas Edwards (1979–87).
David Jones was born in London to Welsh parents, and is a Welsh speaker. His father was a British Army officer who served in northwest India and later ran pharmacies around the Wrexham area.
He was educated at Ruabon Grammar School, University College London – where he was an active member of UCL Conservative Society – and Chester College of Law. He qualified as a solicitor in 1976, and was senior partner of a practice (David Jones & Company) based at Llandudno.
As a young solicitor he had worked in Ruthin alongside future Plaid Cymru Deputy Welsh First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones. He also worked in a Bangor practice led by former Labour MP for Conwy, Sir Elwyn Jones.
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