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The first minister is proposed to have the power to appoint 17 rather than the current 12 ministers, plus the counsel general, to the Welsh Government, and the number of ministers could be increased to 18/19, pending further Senedd approval. There is also the addition of another deputy presiding officer. [18]
Government Deputy; 1: Alun Michael (born 1943) AM for Mid and West Wales As First Secretary: 12 May 1999 9 February 2000 273 days Labour [a] 1999: Michael Lab (minority) none: 2: Rhodri Morgan (1939–2017) AM for Cardiff West Office renamed First Minister on 16 October 2000: 9 February. 2000 10 December. 2009 9 years, 304 days Labour: Interim ...
This is a list of all Welsh Government ministerial teams which have existed since the introduction of devolution for Wales in 1999. Since the onset of devolution in Wales in 1999, each Welsh Government administration has been led by the Labour Party.
The new arrangements provided for in the Government of Wales Act 2006 created a formal legal separation between the National Assembly for Wales, comprising 60 assembly members, and the Welsh Assembly Government, comprising the first minister, Welsh ministers, deputy ministers and the counsel general.
The Minister for Children and Social Care (Welsh: Y Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol) is a minister of the Welsh Government, accountable to the cabinet secretary for health and social care. The current officeholder is Dawn Bowden since March 2024.
Government Minister for Climate Change Julie James: 13 May 2021 20 March 2024 Labour: Second Drakeford government [1] [2] Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change Huw Irranca-Davies: 21 March 2024 Incumbent: Labour: Gething government [3]
Eluned Morgan was nominated and appointed to succeed Vaughan Gething as first minister of Wales on 6 August 2024. Later that day, she announced the appointment of Huw Irranca-Davies as her deputy first minister. [1] This was the first time a deputy first minister had been appointed to the Welsh Government since Ieuan Wyn Jones in 2007. [2]
The next Senedd election is due to be held by 7 May 2026 [1] to elect 96 members to the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru).It will be the seventh devolved general election since the Senedd (formerly the National Assembly for Wales) was established in 1999.