Alun Davies (politician)

Alun Davies MS
Davies in 2016
Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services
In office 3 November 2017 – 13 December 2018
First Minister	Carwyn Jones
Preceded by	Carl Sargeant (Communities and Children)
Succeeded by	Julie James (Minister for Housing and Local Government)
Minister for Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language
In office 19 May 2016 – 3 November 2017
First Minister	Carwyn Jones
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	The Baroness Morgan of Ely
Minister for Natural Resources and Food
In office 14 March 2013 – 8 July 2014
First Minister	Carwyn Jones
Preceded by	John Griffiths (Environment and Sustainable Development) Himself (Deputy Minister for Agriculture)
Succeeded by	Rebecca Evans (Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries)
Deputy Minister for Agriculture
In office 13 May 2011 – 14 March 2013
First Minister	Carwyn Jones
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Himself (Minister for Natural Resources and Food)
Member of the Senedd for Blaenau Gwent
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2011
Preceded by	Trish Law
Majority	6,638 (31.9%)
Member of the Welsh Assembly for Mid and West Wales
In office 3 May 2007 – 5 May 2011
Preceded by	Glyn Davies (no relation)
Succeeded by	Rebecca Evans
Personal details
Born	(1964-02-12) 12 February 1964 (age 60) Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales
Political party	Welsh Labour & Co-operative (since 2002)
Other political affiliations	Plaid Cymru (1990–2002)[1]
Alma mater	University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Occupation	Politician, public affairs consultant and businessperson
Website	Welsh Labour

Thomas Alun Rhys Davies (born 12 February 1964) is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative party politician serving as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Blaenau Gwent since 2011, and formerly Mid and West Wales from 2007 to 2011. He has served in several Welsh government offices, including Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services, Minister for Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language, and Minister for Natural Resources and Food.

Davies previously worked as a public affairs consultant, and began his political career in Plaid Cymru before joining Welsh Labour. He was sacked from his Cabinet role in 2014 for pressuring civil servants to reveal private information about opposition Members, shortly after facing calls to resign after an investigation determined he had breached the Ministerial Code on a separate issue.