Andrew Davies was elected to the Assembly in May 1999. His political interests include devolution, economic development, contemporary arts and Wales’s place in the world. He was a prominent member of the “Yes for Wales” Campaign and co-ordinator of Labour’s Assembly referendum campaign in 1997. Andrew served as a member of the Cabinet for ten years from the Assembly’s inception in May 1999, as Assembly Business Manager (Trefynydd) from 1999-2002; Minister for Economic Development from 2002-2007, with Transport added from 2003; and as Minister for Finance and Public Service Delivery between July 2007 and December 2009.