Andrew David Davies (born 5 May 1952) is a Welsh Labour politician, who represented the constituency of Swansea West in the National Assembly for Wales.
Davies was born in Hereford to Welsh parents; his mother is from Llandeilo and his father from Holywell, Flintshire.
From 2000 he has also had personal responsibility for co-ordination of information technology in public institutions, and has sought to advance Wales's IT abilities on a European level.
[citation needed] In May 2007 Davies became Minister for Social Justice and Public Service Delivery in the Labour led minority government.
In the coalition government of Labour and Plaid Cymru, Davies was appointed Minister for Finance and Public Service Delivery on 19 July.