Leighton Andrews
| Leighton Andrews | |
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| Minister for Public Services 2014-2016 | |
| Member of the Welsh Assembly for Rhondda |
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In office 1 May 2003 – 6 April 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Geraint Davies |
| Succeeded by | Leanne Wood |
| Majority | 6,739 (33.6%) |
| Minister for Education and Skills | |
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In office 10 December 2009 – 25 June 2013 |
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| First Minister | Carwyn Jones |
| Preceded by | Jane Hutt |
| Succeeded by | Huw Lewis |
| Personal details | |
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11 August 1957  Cardiff, Wales
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| Political party | Welsh Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Ann Beynon |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Bangor University, University of Sussex |
| Occupation | Professor, Cardiff University. |
| Website | www.leightonandrews.com |
Leighton Andrews (born 11 August 1957) is a Professor at Cardiff University. He is a former Welsh Labour politician. He was the National Assembly for Wales member for Rhondda from 2003 until 2016, and was Minister for Children, Education & Lifelong Learning from 2009 to 2011, then Minister for Education and Skills in the Welsh Government until his resignation on 25 June 2013 after a conflict between his own departmental policy and his active campaigning to save a school in his constituency.
On 11 September 2014 he returned to the government as the Minister for public services, against a background of funding cuts and proposals from the Williams Commission for changes including extensive reform of local government boundaries.
Andrews was born in Cardiff, and brought up in Barry until the age of 11, when his family moved to Dorset. He holds a BA Honours (English and History) from the University of Wales, Bangor and an MA in History from the University of Sussex. He has been a visiting Professor at the University of Westminster from 1997 to 2002; and has been an Honorary Professor at Cardiff University since 2004. He was appointed as Professor of Practice in Public Service Leadership and Innovation, Cardiff Business School, in August 2016.
Andrews is married to Ann Beynon, formerly BT Director Wales; the couple have two children.
He is a published academic, whose peer-reviewed articles and chapters include The National Assembly for Wales and broadcasting policy, 1999-2003 Media, Culture & Society, Vol. 28, No. 2, 191-210 (2006);Wales and the UK’s Communications Legislation 2002–2003, Cyfrwng 2005, and Spin: from tactic to tabloid, Journal of Public Affairs, Volume 6, Issue 1, Date: February 2006, Pages: 31-45 and the chapter 'Lobbying for a new BBC Charter' in The Handbook of Public Affairs edited by Phil Harris and Craig Fleischer, Sage, 2006.
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