Alun Pugh

Alun Pugh
Alun Pugh
	Pugh in 2004
Member of the National 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 (age 68); Llwynypia, Wales
Political party	Labour

Alun John Pugh (born 9 June 1955) is a Welsh politician who served as the

Welsh

as an adult.

Early life

Pugh was born in

post-graduate qualifications in computer science and education

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. Following the 2007 elections he took a mountaineering sabbatical in the Himalayas, and on his return to Wales was appointed as Director of the Snowdonia Society, a campaigning environmental charity. He was a columnist for the Daily Post (North Wales)

Pugh was elected in the National Assembly for Wales

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 narrowly lost to Plaid Cymru's Hywel Williams by a margin of 1,455 votes. He also contested the seat at the 2015 general election, again against Hywel Williams

Senedd
Preceded by (new post)	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)