Carl Sargeant

Carl Sargeant
Sargeant in 2016
Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children
In office 19 May 2016 – 3 November 2017
First Minister	Carwyn Jones
Preceded by	Jeffrey Cuthbert
Succeeded by	Alun Davies[1]
Member of the Welsh Assembly for Alyn and Deeside
In office 1 May 2003 – 7 November 2017
Preceded by	Tom Middlehurst
Succeeded by	Jack Sargeant
Personal details
Born	1968 St Asaph, Flintshire, Wales
Died	7 November 2017 (aged 49) Connah's Quay, Flintshire, Wales
Political party	Welsh Labour (suspended from 3 November 2017)
Spouse	Bernie Sargeant
Children	2, including Jack Sargeant

Carl Sargeant (1968 – 7 November 2017) was a Welsh politician who was the Cabinet secretaries and ministers Secretary for Communities and Children in the Welsh Government. He represented the constituency of Alyn and Deeside in the National Assembly for Wales from 2003.

Sargeant was removed from his Cabinet position and suspended from Welsh Labour on 3 November 2017 following allegations about his behaviour. He died four days later. On 11 July 2019, an inquest ruled his death a suicide.