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Alun Edward Michael

The Right Honourable
Alun Michael
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South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner
Assumed office
15 November 2012
Preceded by Position established
First Secretary for Wales
In office
12 May 1999 – 9 February 2000
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Rhodri Morgan
Leader of Welsh Labour
In office
12 May 1999 – 9 February 2000
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Rhodri Morgan
Secretary of State for Wales
In office
27 October 1998 – 27 July 1999
Prime Minister Tony Blair
Preceded by Ron Davies
Succeeded by Paul Murphy
Minister of State for Home Affairs
In office
2 May 1997 – 27 October 1998
Prime Minister Tony Blair
Preceded by David Maclean
Succeeded by Paul Boateng
Member of the Welsh Assembly
for Mid and West Wales
In office
12 May 1999 – 1 May 2000
Preceded by Constituency established
Succeeded by Delyth Evans
Member of Parliament
for Cardiff South and Penarth
In office
11 June 1987 – 22 October 2012
Preceded by James Callaghan
Succeeded by Stephen Doughty
Majority 4,710 (10.6%)
Personal details
Born (1943-08-22) 22 August 1943 (age 73)
Bryngwran, United Kingdom
Political party Labour Co-operative
Spouse(s) Mary Sophia Crawley
Children 5
Alma mater Keele University
Religion Anglican
Website Official website

Alun Edward Michael (born 22 August 1943) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who is the South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner. He served as Secretary of State for Wales from 1998 to 1999 and then as the first First Secretary of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour from 1999 to 2000.

Born on the island of Anglesey, Michael attended Colwyn Bay Grammar School and graduated from the University of Keele in 1966 with a degree in Philosophy and English. He worked as a reporter for the South Wales Echo until 1971 and then as a youth and community worker until 1987. He became a Justice of the Peace in 1972 and served on the City of Cardiff Council from 1973 to 1989. He was elected to the House of Commons in 1987, succeeding former Labour Prime Minister James Callaghan for the constituency of Cardiff South and Penarth.

In opposition, he was a Shadow Home Affairs Minister and then when Labour came to power in 1997 he served as a Minister of State for Home Affairs until 1998. In October of that year, Ron Davies resigned as Secretary of State for Wales following a personal controversy and Prime Minister Tony Blair appointed Michael to succeed him. In May 1999, following the first elections to the National Assembly for Wales, Michael defeated Rhodri Morgan to become the Leader of Welsh Labour and thus the first First Secretary of Wales.


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