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Minister for Children, Education and Lifelong Learning (2009-2011) Minister for Education and Skills (2011-2013) (including Welsh Language) 2nd Jones: Huw Lewis AM: 26 June 2013 19 May 2016 Minister for Education and Skills Kirsty Williams MS: Liberal Democrat: 19 May 2016 13 May 2021 3rd Jones: Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills.
The title of the role was changed to "First Minister of Wales" in October 2000, a change which was recognised in law following the enactment of the Government of Wales Act 2006. All first ministers to date have also served concurrently as leader of Welsh Labour. [1]
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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]
On the first day of plenary she voted with the Government on the appointment of the First Minister. [18] First Minister Carwyn Jones appointed her to the Welsh Cabinet as Education Secretary; 31 seats are needed for a majority in the Welsh Assembly, Labour had 29, so Williams joining with the Labour administration created a working majority.
Mark Drakeford, First Minister at that time, takes a COVID-19 press conference in January 2021. The Welsh Government (Welsh: Llywodraeth Cymru) is the executive arm of the devolved government of Wales.
The main office of the first minister is in Tŷ Hywel, which is adjacent to the Senedd building in Cardiff Bay. [2] An additional office is also kept at the Crown Buildings, Cathays Park, Cardiff which is the headquarters of the Welsh Government. The incumbent first minister of Wales is Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely, who has served ...
Morgan is the first woman to hold the office of First Minister of Wales. [2] She previously served as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care in the Welsh Government from 2021 to 2024. [a] [3] [4] Morgan has been a Member of the House of Lords since 2011 and has served as a Member of the Senedd (MS) since 2016.