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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.
Members of the partnership council are appointed by the Welsh Government and include, Welsh Ministers, Deputy Welsh Ministers and the members of local authorities in Wales which include representatives from each of the 22 principal councils in Wales, community councils, national park authorities, police and crime commissioners, fire authorities and NHS Wales.
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 ...
First Morgan government [4] [10] Minister for Rural Affairs and Wales Abroad Mike German: 18 June 2002 1 May 2003 Deputy First Minister of Wales: Liberal Democrat: First Morgan government [4] Minister for Environment, Planning and Countryside Carwyn Jones: 9 May 2003 2007 Labour: Second Morgan government [11] [12] Minister for Rural Affairs ...
Quit the Plaid Cymru group on 14 October 2016. As a result of the defection, Leanne Wood lost the title of leader of the opposition. Two months later, he pledged to back the Welsh Labour-led Government, giving the new government an overall majority in the Welsh Assembly. [3] [4] 19 March 2018 Neil McEvoy: Suspended Plaid Cymru: South Wales Central
The Gething government was the Labour-led government of Wales formed on 21 March 2024 [3] following the appointment of Vaughan Gething as First Minister on 20 March 2024. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] History