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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 ...
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]
As initially established, the Welsh Government had no independent executive powers in law (unlike, for instance, the Scottish ministers and British government ministers). The National Assembly was established as a body corporate by the Government of Wales Act 1998 and the executive, as a committee of the assembly, only had those powers that the ...
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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]
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 .
In 2018, he was elected to succeed Jones as Welsh Labour Leader and First Minister. He led the Welsh Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2021 Senedd election, Drakeford led Welsh Labour to win 30 seats, a working majority, and was reappointed as First Minister. Drakeford resigned as Welsh Labour Leader and First Minister in ...
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.