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Drakeford resigned as Welsh Labour Leader and First Minister in March 2024 and was succeeded by his Health Minister Vaughan Gething. Drakeford spent the duration of Gething's premiership on the backbenches before making a return to government as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care under First Minister Eluned Morgan in August 2024.
Welsh Labour 5th Morgan. 1st Jones. Lesley Griffiths AM: 11 May 2011 14 March 2013 Welsh Labour 2nd Jones: Mark Drakeford AM: 14 March 2013 19 May 2016 Welsh Labour 2nd Jones: Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport (2016–2018) Vaughan Gething AM: 19 May 2016 13 December 2018 Welsh Labour 3rd Jones: Minister for Health and Social ...
This is a list of the first ministers of Wales. The role of "First Secretary of Wales" was introduced in 1999 with the establishment of the National Assembly for Wales (now Senedd) following the 1997 referendum. The title of the role was changed to "First Minister of Wales" in October 2000, a change which was recognised in law following the ...
New Welsh Labour leader Vaughan Gething has been sworn in as the First Minister of Wales. He succeeds Mark Drakeford, who resigned in an emotional speech on Tuesday after holding the position ...
Eluned Morgan becomes the first woman to lead the Welsh government, following a Senedd vote. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
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]
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Mair Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely, PC (born 16 February 1967), is a Welsh Labour politician who has served as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour since 2024. [1] Morgan is the first woman to hold the office of First Minister of Wales. [2] As well as the first member of the House of Lords to serve as First Minister of Wales.