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Carwyn Jones
Carwyn Howell Jones
(born 21 March 1967) is a
Welsh
politician and 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
.
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