Carwyn Jones (born 21 March1967) is the Member of the Welsh Assembly for Bridgend and Minister for Environment, Planning and the Countryside in the Welsh Assembly Government. March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... The National Assembly for Wales (or NAW) (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) was established in 1998, following a 1997 referendum in which a small majority of voters (but not the electorate) voted in favour of the Labour Governments plans for devolution. ... Bridgend (Welsh: Pen-y-bont) is a town in the traditional county of Glamorgan and the main town in the county borough of Bridgend. ... The Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) (Welsh: Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru, LlCC) is the executive body of the National Assembly for Wales, consisting of the First Minister and his Cabinet. ...
He was a pupil at Brynteg Comprehensive School in Bridgend, and then studied at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. University of Wales, Aberystwyth The University of Wales, Aberystwyth, a Member Institution of the federal University of Wales, was the first university institution to be established in Wales. ...
Previously a barrister and a Bridgend councillor, he has been a Minister since July 2000. A barrister (advocate in Scotland and the Channel Islands, barrister-at-law in Ireland and elsewhere) is a lawyer found in some Common law jurisdictions who principally, but not exclusively, represents litigants as their advocate before the courts of that jurisdiction. ... Bridgend (Welsh: Pen-y-bont) is a town in the traditional county of Glamorgan and the main town in the county borough of Bridgend. ... A minister or a secretary is a politician who heads a government ministry or department (e. ...
CarwynJones, Welsh Assembly Minister for the Environment, Planning and Rural Affairs accepted WWF Cymru's report into the state of the marine environment in Wales on World Oceans' Day, 8 June 2004.
CarwynJones (middle) with Morgan Parry, Head of WWF Cymru (left) and Dr Hance Smith, from Cardiff University and one of the authors of the report, accepting the 'Legislative reform of the marine environment' at the National Assembly on World Oceans' Day.
CarwynJones, Gweinidog dros yr Amgylchedd, Cynllunio a Chefn Gwlad yn Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru yn derbyn adroddiad WWF Cymru ar gyflwr moroedd Cymru ar Ddiwrnod Cefnforoedd y Byd, 8 Mehefin 2004.
Farmers in Wales have voted CarwynJones, Rural Affairs minister at the Welsh Assembly, as their favourite politician after a difficult year for the agriculture industry.
Mr Jones was considered to have done a "good" job while Mr Brown was described as "adequate".
However, not everyone is likely to agree with the results, after a year when Mr Jones came under fire over the handling of the foot-and-mouth crisis.
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