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Riccardo Boscherini: /* Political career */

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Riccardo Boscherini: /* Background */

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 ==Political career==
-He was elected to the National Assembly for Wales in 1999 as a Labour and Co-operative Party candidate to represent Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney. In his time in office, he has served as party whip in the Assembly; deputy minister for education and lifelong learning; deputy minister for social justice and regeneration; deputy minister for the economy and transport, for which he was fired in 2007 due to his private opposition to One Wales coalition deal with [[Plaid Cymru]] <ref> [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6905218.stm Labour assembly minister sacked], ''BBC News'', 18 July 2007, accessed 18 October 2016.</ref>; and minister for education and skills in 2013, replacing [[Leighton Andrews]] who resigned following a row over his support for a school in his Rhondda constituency which faced closure under his own surplus places policy. <ref> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23073832 Huw Lewis is named Wales education minister], ''BBC News'', 26 June 2013, accessed 18 October 2016.</ref>
+He was elected to the National Assembly for Wales in 1999 as a Labour and Co-operative Party candidate to represent Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney. In his time in office, he has served as party whip in the Assembly; deputy minister for education and lifelong learning; deputy minister for social justice and regeneration; deputy minister for the economy and transport, for which he was fired in 2007 due to his private opposition to the One Wales coalition deal with [[Plaid Cymru]] <ref> [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6905218.stm Labour assembly minister sacked], ''BBC News'', 18 July 2007, accessed 18 October 2016.</ref>; and minister for education and skills in 2013, replacing [[Leighton Andrews]] who resigned following a row over his support for a school in his Rhondda constituency which faced closure under his own surplus places policy. <ref> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23073832 Huw Lewis is named Wales education minister], ''BBC News'', 26 June 2013, accessed 18 October 2016.</ref>
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 ==Political career==
-He was elected to the National Assembly for Wales in 1999 as a Labour and Co-operative Party candidate to represent Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney. In his time in office, he has served as party Whip in the Assembly; deputy minister for education and lifelong learning; deputy minister for social justice and regeneration; deputy minister for the economy and transport, for which he was fired in 2007 due to his private opposition to One Wales coalition deal with [[Plaid Cymru]] <ref> [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6905218.stm Labour assembly minister sacked], ''BBC News'', 18 July 2007, accessed 18 October 2016.</ref>; and minister for education and skills in 2013, replacing [[Leighton Andrews]] who resigned following a row over his support for a school in his Rhondda constituency which faced closure under his own surplus places policy. <ref> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23073832 Huw Lewis is named Wales education minister], ''BBC News'', 26 June 2013, accessed 18 October 2016.</ref>
+He was elected to the National Assembly for Wales in 1999 as a Labour and Co-operative Party candidate to represent Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney. In his time in office, he has served as party whip in the Assembly; deputy minister for education and lifelong learning; deputy minister for social justice and regeneration; deputy minister for the economy and transport, for which he was fired in 2007 due to his private opposition to One Wales coalition deal with [[Plaid Cymru]] <ref> [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6905218.stm Labour assembly minister sacked], ''BBC News'', 18 July 2007, accessed 18 October 2016.</ref>; and minister for education and skills in 2013, replacing [[Leighton Andrews]] who resigned following a row over his support for a school in his Rhondda constituency which faced closure under his own surplus places policy. <ref> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23073832 Huw Lewis is named Wales education minister], ''BBC News'', 26 June 2013, accessed 18 October 2016.</ref>
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 [[File:Huw Lewis.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Huw Lewis]]
-Huw Lewis was the assembly member (AM) for the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency in the [[National Assembly for Wales]] from 1999 to 2016, when he stepped down for re-election. <ref> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-35327439 Education Minister Huw Lewis to quit assembly at election], ''BBC News'', 15 January 2016, accessed 18 October 2016.</ref> In his time in office, Lewis held a number of ministerial posts, including minister for education & skills. <ref name="Huw"> [http://www.assembly.wales/en/memhome/Pages/MemberProfile.aspx?mid=166 Assembly Members | Member Profile], ''National Assembly for Wales'', accessed 18 October 2016. </ref>
+Huw Lewis was the assembly member (AM) for the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency in the [[National Assembly for Wales]] from 1999 until 2016, when he stepped down for re-election. <ref> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-35327439 Education Minister Huw Lewis to quit assembly at election], ''BBC News'', 15 January 2016, accessed 18 October 2016.</ref> In his time in office, Lewis held a number of ministerial posts, including minister for education & skills. <ref name="Huw"> [http://www.assembly.wales/en/memhome/Pages/MemberProfile.aspx?mid=166 Assembly Members | Member Profile], ''National Assembly for Wales'', accessed 18 October 2016. </ref>
 ==Background==

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	==Affiliations==		==Affiliations==
		+	*[[Co-operative Party]].
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		+	*[[Fabian Society]].
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		+	*[[Unite]].
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		+	*President of Merthyr Tydfil Angling Association and a member of Merthyr Tydfil Credit Union.
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		+	*Merthyr Alzheimer’s Association and the Osteoporosis Society.
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		+	*Merthyr Tydfil & District Support Group.

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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 [[File:Huw Lewis.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Huw Lewis]]
-Huw Lewis was the assembly member (AM) for the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency in the [[National Assembly for Wales]] from 1999 to 2016, when he stepped down for re-election. In his time in office, Lewis held a number of ministerial posts. From June 2013, he served as minister for education & skills. <ref name="Huw"> [http://www.assembly.wales/en/memhome/Pages/MemberProfile.aspx?mid=166 Assembly Members | Member Profile], ''National Assembly for Wales'', accessed 18 October 2016. </ref>
+Huw Lewis was the assembly member (AM) for the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency in the [[National Assembly for Wales]] from 1999 to 2016, when he stepped down for re-election. <ref> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-35327439 Education Minister Huw Lewis to quit assembly at election], ''BBC News'', 15 January 2016, accessed 18 October 2016.</ref> In his time in office, Lewis held a number of ministerial posts, including minister for education & skills. <ref name="Huw"> [http://www.assembly.wales/en/memhome/Pages/MemberProfile.aspx?mid=166 Assembly Members | Member Profile], ''National Assembly for Wales'', accessed 18 October 2016. </ref>
 ==Background==

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	==Political career==		==Political career==
		+	He was elected to the National Assembly for Wales in 1999 as a Labour and Co-operative Party candidate to represent Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney. In his time in office, he has served as party Whip in the Assembly; deputy minister for education and lifelong learning; deputy minister for social justice and regeneration; deputy minister for the economy and transport, for which he was fired in 2007 due to his private opposition to One Wales coalition deal with [[Plaid Cymru]] <ref> [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6905218.stm Labour assembly minister sacked], ''BBC News'', 18 July 2007, accessed 18 October 2016.</ref>; and minister for education and skills in 2013, replacing [[Leighton Andrews]] who resigned following a row over his support for a school in his Rhondda constituency which faced closure under his own surplus places policy. <ref> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23073832 Huw Lewis is named Wales education minister], ''BBC News'', 26 June 2013, accessed 18 October 2016.</ref>

	===Outside Westminster===		===Outside Westminster===

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	==Background==		==Background==
		+	Born in Merthyr Tydfil in 1964, he was educated at [[Edinburgh University]] and taught chemistry at his former secondary school, Afon Taf High School, Merthyr Tydfil. Prior to his election to the National Assembly in May 1999, he served as assistant general secretary of the Welsh Labour Party. He is married to [[Lynne Neagle]], the Labour assembly member for Torfaen.

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 [[Category:Labour Party|Lewis, Huw]][[Category:Welsh Assembly|Lewis, Huw]][[Category:Education|Lewis, Huw]]