Alun Pugh
| Alun Pugh | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Member of the Welsh Assembly for Clwyd West |
|
| In office 6 May 1999 – 3 May 2007 |
|
| Preceded by | New Assembly |
| Succeeded by | Darren Millar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 June 1955  Llwynypia, Wales |
| Political party | Labour |
Alun John Pugh (born 9 June 1955 in Llwynypia, Mid Glamorgan) is a former Labour Welsh Assembly Government Minister for Culture, Welsh Language and Sport. Pugh was born into a poor coal mining family in the Rhondda Valleys. He moved to North Wales in the mid 1980s. Pugh currently lives in his former constituency near Ruthin, and lived in Deganwy for much of his time in North Wales. He has learnt Welsh as an adult.
Contents |
[edit] Education
Pugh has a degree in business finance and post-graduate qualifications in computer science and education.
[edit] Professional career
Pugh was Head of Business Studies at Coleg Llandrillo Cymru, a large further education college. Four years later, he was promoted to an associate principalship at West Cheshire College. where he became assistant principal as well as teaching business finance ). Following the 2007 elections he took a mountaineering sabbatical in the Himalyas, and on his return to Wales was appointed as Director of the Snowdonia Society, an environmental charity. He also contributes to the work of the Vestri Foundation, a not-for-profit company supporting sustainable development and community regeneration in Wales.
[edit] Political career
Pugh was elected in the National Assembly for Wales election in 1999 to the marginal Clwyd West seat of the National Assembly for Wales. Became the Deputy Minister for Economic Development in October 2000. He was re-elected in 2003 as well as being appointed to the post of Minister for Culture, Welsh Language and Sport in the Welsh Assembly Government. Pugh remained an Assembly Member until his 2007 election defeat by Conservative Darren Millar by a margin of 1,596 votes. Pugh stood in the new constituency of Arfon in the 2010 Westminster election but lost to Plaid Cymru's Hywel Williams.
[edit] References
- BBC Website September 1999
- Alun Pugh Welsh Labour Party profile
[edit] Offices held
| National Assembly for Wales | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by (new post) |
Assembly Member for Clwyd West 1999 – 2007 |
Succeeded by Darren Millar |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by (new post) |
Deputy Minister for Economic Development 2000 - 2003 |
Succeeded by Brian Gibbons |
| Preceded by (new post) |
Minister for Culture, Welsh Language and Sport 2003 – 2007 |
Succeeded by (post re-organised) |
