Jack Sargeant | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership[a] | |
| Assumed office 17 July 2024[1] | |
| First Minister | Vaughan Gething Eluned Morgan |
| Preceded by | Sarah Murphy |
| Member of the Senedd forAlyn and Deeside | |
| Assumed office 7 February 2018[2] | |
| Preceded by | Carl Sargeant |
| Majority | 4,378 (16.9%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1994 (age 30–31) |
| Political party | Welsh Labour |
| Relatives | Carl Sargeant (father) |
| Website | https://jacksargeant.wales/ |
Jack Sargeant (born 1994) is aWelsh Labour Party politician serving asMinister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership[a] since July 2024, and aMember of the Senedd (MS). He represents theAlyn and Deeside constituency, where he succeeded his fatherCarl Sargeant following theFebruary 2018 by-election.[3]
Sargeant was born inRhuddlan[citation needed] in 1994 and attendedConnah's Quay High School. He studied for an engineering apprenticeship atDeeside College (now Coleg Cambria) before completing a degree course atGlyndŵr University inWrexham, then working in DRB.[4]
He was elected as MS forAlyn and Deeside at aby-election held on 6 February 2018. He succeeded his father, the previous incumbentCarl Sargeant after his death in November 2017.[5][6] At 23 years of age, Jack Sargeant became the youngest ever Assembly Member when he was elected to the National Assembly.[7]
Sargeant is an active campaigner in support ofWorld Suicide Prevention Day, an occasion which is held on 10 September each year. He has launched an initiative called The 84, named after the 84 men who take their own lives each week in the UK.[8]
The initiative is backed by major sports clubs in Wales, includingCardiff City F.C.,Swansea City A.F.C.,[9]Newport County A.F.C.,[10]Wrexham A.F.C. andConnah's Quay Nomads F.C., who all agreed to share suicide prevention messages with the hashtag#ItsOkNotToBeOk to support the campaign.[8] The clubs have also worked to include suicide prevention messages into fixtures, such as includingSamaritans in their match day events on the weekend of 14 and 15 September, and holding bucket collections.[9]
Sargeant himself has spoken about the impact of suicide, stating he "sometimes finds it difficult to get up in the morning after losing his father Carl."[11]
He is also a supporter ofParkinson's UK.[12]
Sargeant was appointedMinister for Social Partnership in July 2024 by First MinisterVaughan Gething, following a cabinet reshuffle as a result ofother cabinet resignations and Gething's announcement of resignation.[1][13] He retained the role underEluned Morgan, Gething's successor as First Minister, although renamed in September 2024 asMinister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership, in Morgan's cabinet reshuffle.[14]
Sargeant will stand in the newFflint Wrecsam Senedd constituency in thenext Senedd election.[15]
| Senedd | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of the Senedd forAlyn and Deeside 2018 – Present | Incumbent |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Baby of the House 2018–2021 | Succeeded by |
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