Carwyn Jones is the First Minister for Wales and Labour AM for Bridgend. A former barrister specialising in Family, Criminal and Personal Injury law, Carwyn was elected as one of Wales’s youngest Labour county councillors in 1995. Appointed Deputy Secretary for Local Government, Finance and Land in March 2000, he joined the Cabinet shortly after as Assembly Secretary for Agriculture and Rural Development. In June 2002 he became Minister for Open Government before being being re-appointed as Minister for the Environment, Planning and Countryside. He was also briefly the appointed Minister for Education, Culture and the Welsh Language. He was the Welsh Assembly Government's Counsel General and Leader of the House when he entered his name to succeed Rhodri Morgan as First Minister last year.

Why we need a Yes vote on March 3 next year

Wales’ First Minister sets out the case for why ‘Welsh Labour Says Yes’ will be crucial to winning the referendum on March 3. Here’s what he said to his party’s special conference on Saturday

‘A distinctive body of Welsh law is emerging’

First Minister Carwyn Jones marks his 100 days in office with a speech to the One Wales, One Year to Go Conference in Cardiff this morning. In a version here, he looks back at his first century, and forward to the challenges ahead

Boxing clever

In the third and final piece from the Welsh Labour leadership candidates, Counsel General and Bridgend AM Carwyn Jones outlines why his record makes him right for the job, and how he plans to make Labour the pre-eminent party in Wales once again