Ron Davies (Welsh politician)
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The Right Honourable Ron Davies |
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| Secretary of State for Wales | |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 27 October 1998 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | William Hague |
| Succeeded by | Alun Michael |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Wales | |
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In office 21 October 1993 – 2 May 1997 |
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| Leader |
John Smith Margaret Beckett Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Ann Clwyd |
| Succeeded by | William Hague |
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Member of the Welsh Assembly for Caerphilly |
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In office 6 May 1999 – 1 May 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Jeffrey Cuthbert |
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Member of Parliament for Caerphilly |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 7 June 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Ednyfed Hudson Davies |
| Succeeded by | Wayne David |
| Personal details | |
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6 August 1946 Machen, Wales |
| Political party |
Labour (Before 2004) Forward Wales (2004–2009) Independent (2009–2010) Plaid Cymru (2010–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Christina Rees (Before 2000) |
| Alma mater |
University of Portsmouth Cardiff University |
Ronald Davies (born 6 August 1946) is a Welsh politician, former Secretary of State for Wales, former Member of Parliament and former member of the Welsh Assembly. He describes himself as a politician belonging to the "traditional left" who had "spent his life looking for a socialist progressive party". He was a member of the Labour Party until 2004, then joining Forward Wales. He was an Independent from 2009 to 2010 before joining Plaid Cymru in that year.
He is credited with being the 'architect of devolution' in Wales and led the campaign to create the National Assembly for Wales. He became the first Cabinet Minister to resign from Tony Blair's Cabinet, in 1998, following what became known as a "moment of madness" when he was mugged at knifepoint after agreeing to go for a meal with a man he had met at the well-known gay meeting place of Clapham Common.
In 2004 he resigned from the Labour Party and joined Forward Wales, for which he has unsuccessfully stood as a candidate. In the 2008 local elections he was elected to Caerphilly County Borough Council, as an independent councillor for the Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen ward. He has since joined Plaid Cymru.
Born in Machen in the Rhymney Valley in Monmouthshire, he was educated in Bassaleg Grammar School before graduating in Geography at Portsmouth Polytechnic.
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