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Government Notes Minister for the Constitution; Mick Antoniw: 13 May 2021 20 March 2024 Counsel General: Labour: Second Drakeford government [1] Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution; Rebecca Evans: 21 March 2024 11 September 2024 Finance. and Cabinet Office Labour: Gething government. Interim Eluned Morgan government [2] [3]
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.
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]
Politics was at the forefront of much of the news in Wales across 2024, with three first ministers holding office during the year the Senedd marked its 25th anniversary, while a general election ...
Additionally, other ministers from the UK government may participate in meetings of the council, in particular the Minister for Intergovernmental Relations who commonly attends with the Prime Minister. [9] In the absence of a Northern Ireland Executive, officials from the Northern Ireland Civil Service have participated in an observer capacity.
In her leadership bid for the 2009 Welsh Labour leadership election, Edwina Hart, stated she would establish a "Minister for North Wales", if she won and set up the next Welsh Assembly Government. [7] In 2010, the Welsh Assembly Government opened a local assembly office in Llandudno Junction, Conwy, to decentralise government and the civil ...
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 Cabinet Secretary for Local Government (Welsh: Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol) is a cabinet position in the Welsh Government which has existed in various forms since the creation of the Welsh Government. The current officeholder is Jayne Bryant since July 2024. In the past, the position had responsibility for housing in Wales.