Mick Antoniw is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician, serving as Counsel General for Wales since 2021, and previously from 2016 to 2017.
15 Facts About Mick Antoniw
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Mick Antoniw has been the Member of the Senedd for Pontypridd since 2011.
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Mick Antoniw came to Wales to study law at the Cardiff Law School in 1973.
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Mick Antoniw was President of the National Union of Students Wales from 1977 to 1979.
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Mick Antoniw was a practising solicitor before his election to the Senedd, specialising in personal injury.
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Mick Antoniw was a partner in Thompsons Solicitors, the specialist trade union solicitors, with whom he began his training in 1980.
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Mick Antoniw is a trustee of the Welsh Refugee Council.
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Mick Antoniw was a leading member of the Wales Anti-apartheid Movement during the 1980s.
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Mick Antoniw was re-elected in 1985 but did not seek re-election in 1989.
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At the 2016 Welsh Assembly election Mick Antoniw's vote fell to 9,986 and his majority was reduced.
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Mick Antoniw was appointed as Counsel General for Wales in June 2016.
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Mick Antoniw is a fluent Ukrainian speaker and has used his knowledge of the language when meeting with Ukrainian officials including deputy prime minister Volodymyr Groysman at international summits, such as the European Union Committee of the Regions.
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Mick Antoniw has stated that he is a supporter of Ukrainian accession to the European Union, a supporter of the country joining NATO, and does not support Ukrainian federalism.
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Mick Antoniw visited Ukraine just prior to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine alongside Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price in order to "show solidarity with workers and minorities" as they met workers, LGBTQ+ people, ethnic minorities and human rights defenders.
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Mick Antoniw ran in the first election for the post in 2020, receiving endorsements from several trade unions including Unison, as well as Momentum, the Labour Representation Committee and the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy: however, he was defeated by former First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones, who won 5,195 votes to Mick Antoniw's 4,933.