Huw Lewis

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name=Huw Lewis AM

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birth_place = Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
office = Assembly Member
constituency=Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
term_start =1999
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party = Labour Co-operative

Huw Lewis, (born January 17, 1964) is the Labour Co-operative National Assembly for Wales member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney.

Personal

Lewis was born in Merthyr Tydfil and was brought up in Aberfan. He is married to Lynne Neagle, the Labour Assembly member for Torfaen. They live in Merthyr Tydfil.

Professional career

He became a chemistry teacher at Afon Taf High School after taking his degree at Edinburgh University. Subsequently, he became Assistant General Secretary of the Labour Party in Wales.

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly for Wales in 1999 as a Labour and Co-operative Party candidate to represent Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney. He has been party Whip in the Assembly, a post he resigned following the resignation of Alun Michael as First Secretary. He has also been Deputy Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning in October 2000, a post he resigned following the use of a landfill site in Trecatti, within his constituency, for the disposal of carcases during the foot and mouth crisis (16 April 2001).

He was re-elected in 2003 and was appointed Deputy Minister for Social Justice and Regeneration in May 2003. In the Third Assembly he was appointed Deputy Minister for Economy and Transport on 31 May 2007 but announced to the media that due to his private opposition to One Wales coalition deal with Plaid Cymru he had been sacked on 18 July 2007. [ [http://www.huwlewis.org.uk/2007/07/sacked-and-back.html Huw Lewis: Sacked and Back! ] ]

External links

* [http://www.huwlewis.co.uk/ Huw Lewis AM homepage]
* [http://new.wales.gov.uk/?lang=en Website of the Welsh Assembly Government]

References

*"The Wales Yearbook 2006"
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6905218.stm BBC Wales May 18, 2007]

Offices held