Carl Sargeant

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Carl Sargeant AM
Assembly Member
Incumbent
Assumed office  2003
Preceded by	Tom Middlehurst
Succeeded by	(incumbent)
Constituency	Alyn and Deeside
Political party	Labour

Carl Sargeant (born 1968, St Asaph, Wales) is a Wales Labour Party politician and a member of the National Assembly of Wales for the Alyn and Deeside constituency.

Contents 1 Background 2 Political career 3 External links 4 Offices held

[edit] Background

Sargeant worked as a Process Operator with a chemical company and quality environmental auditor. Governor of Deeside College and of a local primary school and is also an industrial trained fire fighter.

[edit] Political career

He was first elected in the National Assembly for Wales election of 2003, succeeding Tom Middlehurst who stood down.

In the Third Assembly he was appointed Chief Whip of the Labour Group and a Deputy Welsh Minister for Assembly Business in the Welsh Assembly Government (May 31, 2007). He retained the position of Labour Chief Whip when the coalition government of Labour and Plaid Cymru was announced on July 19. Although not a member of the Welsh Assembly Government, he will attend Cabinet.

[edit] External links

• Carl Sargeant AM Website
• Welsh Labour Party Website
• Website of the Welsh Assembly Government
• Constituency profile

[edit] Offices held

National Assembly for Wales
Preceded by Tom Middlehurst	Assembly Member for Alyn and Deeside 2003 – present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by (new post)	Deputy Minister for Assembly Business and Chief Whip 2007 (May 31 to July 19)	Succeeded by (post abolished)
Preceded by Carl Sargeant	Chief Whip 2007 – present	Incumbent