14 Facts About Carl Sargeant

Carl Sargeant was a Welsh politician who was the Cabinet secretaries and ministers Secretary for Communities and Children in the Welsh Government.

Carl Sargeant represented the constituency of Alyn and Deeside in the National Assembly for Wales from 2003.

Carl Sargeant was born in St Asaph, Flintshire, to Sylvia and Malcolm Carl Sargeant.

Carl Sargeant was a quality and environmental auditor and a member of the site's Emergency Response Team.

Carl Sargeant trained as an industrial firefighter, and became a school governor of Deeside College and Ysgol Bryn Deva primary school.

Carl Sargeant became an active campaigner for social justice and against domestic violence, identifying as a feminist.

Carl Sargeant was first elected as the AM for Alyn and Deeside in the National Assembly for Wales election of 2003, after Tom Middlehurst stood down.

Carl Sargeant was appointed Chief Whip of the Labour Group and a Deputy Welsh Minister for Assembly Business in the Third Assembly of the Welsh Assembly Government.

Carl Sargeant led the Welsh Government's response to the Grenfell Tower disaster in 2017.

Carl Sargeant was found dead at his home in Connah's Quay on 7 November 2017.

Carl Sargeant's family released to the media copies of correspondence between his solicitor and Welsh Labour, in which Carl Sargeant denied any inappropriate behaviour.

Former minister Leighton Andrews said that in earlier years Carl Sargeant had been the target of bullying and disinformation in the Assembly which had placed "a strain on his and others' mental health," and that this was known to Jones.

Carl Sargeant's family called for a public inquiry into the way he had been treated.

Carl Sargeant's death triggered the 2018 Alyn and Deeside by-election for his seat which was held on 6 February 2018.