Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Alun Michael (born August 2, 1943) is a Welsh politician, and member of Parliament for Cardiff South and Penarth. He is a member of the Labour Party and of the Co-operative Party. He became an MP at the 1987 election, and Secretary of State for Wales in 1998 following Ron Davies's resignation. With backing from the central party, he was made leader of the Labour Party in the National Assembly for Wales, but was later forced to resign, and was replaced by Rhodri Morgan, generally seen as the locally favoured choice in the first place. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.