Government of the 1st National Assembly for Wales
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| Government of the 1st | (1999) |
| Government of the 2nd Government of the 2nd National Assembly for Wales The 2nd National Assembly for Wales convened after the 2003 election. The Assembly first met on 7 May when Dafydd Elis-Thomas was re-appointed as the Presiding Officer.- Second Morgan government :... |
(2003) |
| Government of the 3rd Government of the 3rd National Assembly for Wales The 3rd National Assembly for Wales convened after the 2007 election. The Assembly first met on 9 May when Dafydd Elis-Thomas was appointed as the Presiding Officer.- Third Morgan government :... |
(2007 National Assembly for Wales election, 2007 The 2007 National Assembly election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the National Assembly for Wales. It was the third general election. On the same day local elections in England and Scotland, and the Scottish Parliament election took place... ) |
| Government of the 4th Government of the 4th National Assembly for Wales The 4th National Assembly for Wales convened after the 2011 election. The Assembly first met on 11 May when Rosemary Butler was appointed as the Presiding Officer.- Second Jones government :... |
(2011 National Assembly for Wales election, 2011 The National Assembly for Wales election 2011 was the most recent election for the National Assembly. The poll was held on Thursday, 5 May 2011 and decided the incumbency for all the assembly's seats... ) |
The 1st National Assembly for Wales
National Assembly for Wales
The National Assembly for Wales is a devolved assembly with power to make legislation in Wales. The Assembly comprises 60 members, who are known as Assembly Members, or AMs...
convened after the 1999 election. The Assembly first met on 12 May when Dafydd Elis-Thomas
Dafydd Elis-Thomas
Dafydd Elis Elis-Thomas, Baron Elis-Thomas, PC, AM, is a Welsh politician and was the Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales until 2011...
was appointed as the Presiding Officer
Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales is the Speaker of the National Assembly for Wales, elected by the Members of the National Assembly for Wales to chair their meetings ; to maintain order; and to protect the rights of Members.He or she also heads the Corporate Body of the...
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Michael's First Government
Alun Michael's government (12 May 1999 - 15 February 2000) was the first assembly government and was a minority governmentMinority government
A minority government or a minority cabinet is a cabinet of a parliamentary system formed when a political party or coalition of parties does not have a majority of overall seats in the parliament but is sworn into government to break a Hung Parliament election result. It is also known as a...
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Cabinet
| Office | Name | Term | Party | |
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| First Secretary First Minister for Wales The First Minister of Wales is the leader of the Welsh Government, Wales' devolved administration, which was established in 1999. The First Minister is responsible for the exercise of functions by the Cabinet of the Welsh Government; policy development and coordination; relationships with the... |
Alun Michael Alun Michael Alun Edward Michael is a British Labour Co-operative politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Cardiff South and Penarth since 1987. He was formerly First Minister of Wales and leader of the Welsh Labour Party from 1999 to 2000.-Education:Michael was born at Bryngwran Anglesey, son of... |
1999–2000 | Labour | |
| Secretary for Agriculture and the Rural Economy | Christine Gwyther Christine Gwyther Christine Gwyther is a Welsh Labour politician. She held the Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire constituency seat in the National Assembly for Wales from 1999-2007... |
1999–2000 | Labour | |
| Secretary for Economic Development and European Affairs | Rhodri Morgan Rhodri Morgan Hywel Rhodri Morgan is a Welsh Labour politician who, as First Secretary for Wales, and subsequently First Minister, was leader of the Welsh Assembly Government from 2000 to 2009. A former leader of Welsh Labour, he was the Assembly Member for Cardiff West from 1999 to 2011... |
1999–2000 | Labour | |
| Secretary for Education | Rosemary Butler Rosemary Butler Rosemary Butler began her career playing bass and singing in an all-girl band named the Ladybirds. The band appeared on several LA area television shows before opening for the Rolling Stones in 1964. She then joined all-female hard rock band Birtha who released two albums for Dunhill Records... |
1999–2000 | Labour | |
| Secretary for Education and Training (Post-16) | Tom Middlehurst Tom Middlehurst Tom Middlehurst is a Welsh Labour Party politician and former member of the National Assembly of Wales for the Alyn and Deeside constituency from 1999 to 2003.-References:*-External links:*... |
1999–2000 | Labour | |
| Secretary for Finance | Edwina Hart Edwina Hart Edwina Hart, MBE, AM is a Welsh Labour politician who has represented the constituency of Gower since the National Assembly for Wales was established in 1999. Hart was appointed Minister for Health and Social Services in the Welsh Government in May 2007.-Background:Hart was born and raised in... |
1999–2000 | Labour | |
| Secretary for Health & Social Services | Jane Hutt Jane Hutt Jane Hutt AM is a Welsh Labour politician and a Minister in the Welsh Assembly Government. Hutt has represented the Vale of Glamorgan constituency since the National Assembly for Wales was established in 1999... |
1999–2000 | Labour | |
| Secretary for Local Government and Regeneration | Peter Law Peter Law Peter John Law was a Welsh politician.- Labour Co-operative AM and Independent MP :For most of his career Law sat as a Labour Councillor and subsequently Labour Co-operative Assembly Member for Blaenau Gwent... |
1999–2000 | Labour | |
| Office holders given special provisions to attend Cabinet | ||||
| Chief Whip Chief Whip The Chief Whip is a political office in some legislatures assigned to an elected member whose task is to administer the whipping system that ensures that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires.-The Whips Office:... |
Andrew Davies | 1999–2000 | Labour | |
Junior ministers
Please note that Deputy Ministers prior to the enactment of the Government of Wales Act 2006Government of Wales Act 2006
The Government of Wales Act 2006 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reforms the National Assembly for Wales and allows further powers to be granted to it more easily...
(enactment and legal separation takes place on appointment of the First Minister, post-May 2007) are not officially part of the Government, and not in Cabinet. From May 2007, Deputy Welsh Ministers are part of the Welsh Assembly Government, but not in Cabinet.
| Office | Name | Term | Party | |
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| Deputy Minister for Agriculture and the Rural Economy | Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Carwyn Howell Jones is a Welsh politician and the First Minister of Wales. The third official to lead the Welsh Government, Jones has been Assembly Member for Bridgend since 1999. In the coalition government of Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru, he was appointed Counsel General for Wales and Leader of... |
2007 | Labour | |
Morgan's First Government
Following the resignation of Alun Michael as First SecretaryFirst Minister for Wales
The First Minister of Wales is the leader of the Welsh Government, Wales' devolved administration, which was established in 1999. The First Minister is responsible for the exercise of functions by the Cabinet of the Welsh Government; policy development and coordination; relationships with the...
, which was pre-empted by a vote of no-confidence by Plaid Cymru
Plaid Cymru
' is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union. was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966...
, Rhodri Morgan was installed as First Secretary and a coalition government
Coalition government
A coalition government is a cabinet of a parliamentary government in which several political parties cooperate. The usual reason given for this arrangement is that no party on its own can achieve a majority in the parliament...
was formed with the Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
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Cabinet
| Office | Name | Term | Party | |
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| First Minister First Minister for Wales The First Minister of Wales is the leader of the Welsh Government, Wales' devolved administration, which was established in 1999. The First Minister is responsible for the exercise of functions by the Cabinet of the Welsh Government; policy development and coordination; relationships with the... |
Rhodri Morgan Rhodri Morgan Hywel Rhodri Morgan is a Welsh Labour politician who, as First Secretary for Wales, and subsequently First Minister, was leader of the Welsh Assembly Government from 2000 to 2009. A former leader of Welsh Labour, he was the Assembly Member for Cardiff West from 1999 to 2011... |
2000–2003 | Labour | |
| Deputy First Minister Deputy First Minister for Wales The Deputy First Minister for Wales can be the deputy leader of the Welsh Government, the devolved administration for Wales. The post was created October 2000 when Mike German of the Welsh Liberal Democrats was appointed Deputy First Minister as part of a coalition government with Welsh Labour... Minister for Economic Development |
Michael German | 2000–2003 | Liberal Democrats Welsh Liberal Democrats The Welsh Liberal Democrats are one of the three state parties of the federal Liberal Democrats and operate within Wales, the others being the Scottish Liberal Democrats and the Liberal Democrats in England.... |
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| Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development | Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Carwyn Howell Jones is a Welsh politician and the First Minister of Wales. The third official to lead the Welsh Government, Jones has been Assembly Member for Bridgend since 1999. In the coalition government of Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru, he was appointed Counsel General for Wales and Leader of... |
2000–2003 | Labour | |
| Minister for Assembly Business | Andrew Davies | 2000–2003 | Labour | |
| Minister for Culture | Jenny Randerson | 2000–2003 | Liberal Democrats Welsh Liberal Democrats The Welsh Liberal Democrats are one of the three state parties of the federal Liberal Democrats and operate within Wales, the others being the Scottish Liberal Democrats and the Liberal Democrats in England.... |
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| Minister for Education | Jane Davidson Jane Davidson Jane Davidson, AM was the Labour Assembly Member for Pontypridd and the Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing in the Welsh Assembly Government. She lives in Gwaelod-y-Garth with her husband and three children... |
2000–2003 | Labour | |
| Minister for Environment, Transport and Planning | Sue Essex Sue Essex Sue Essex is the Welsh Labour politician who was a Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Cardiff North from 1999 to 2007... |
2000–2003 | Labour | |
| Minister for Finance and Local Government | Edwina Hart Edwina Hart Edwina Hart, MBE, AM is a Welsh Labour politician who has represented the constituency of Gower since the National Assembly for Wales was established in 1999. Hart was appointed Minister for Health and Social Services in the Welsh Government in May 2007.-Background:Hart was born and raised in... |
2000–2003 | Labour | |
| Minister for Health & Social Care | Jane Hutt Jane Hutt Jane Hutt AM is a Welsh Labour politician and a Minister in the Welsh Assembly Government. Hutt has represented the Vale of Glamorgan constituency since the National Assembly for Wales was established in 1999... |
2000–2003 | Labour | |
| Office holders given special provisions to attend Cabinet | ||||
| Chief Whip Chief Whip The Chief Whip is a political office in some legislatures assigned to an elected member whose task is to administer the whipping system that ensures that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires.-The Whips Office:... |
Karen Sinclair Karen Sinclair Karen Sinclair AM is a Welsh Labour politician, who has represented the constituency of Clwyd South since the National Assembly for Wales was established in 1999. Born and brought up in Wrexham, north Wales, Sinclair has lived in Llangollen for over twenty years.-Education and professional... |
2000–2003 | Labour | |
Changes:
- Andrew DaviesAndrew Davies (politician)Andrew Davies, AM is a Welsh Labour politician, who represents the constituency of Swansea West in the National Assembly for Wales. Davies was born in Hereford to Welsh parents; his mother is from Llandeilo and his father from Holywell, Flintshire...
, Minister for Economic Development and Transport from 2002. - Carwyn JonesCarwyn JonesCarwyn Howell Jones is a Welsh politician and the First Minister of Wales. The third official to lead the Welsh Government, Jones has been Assembly Member for Bridgend since 1999. In the coalition government of Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru, he was appointed Counsel General for Wales and Leader of...
, Minister for Assembly Business from 2002-03 in addition to the agriculture portfolio. - Jenny Randerson, Acting Deputy First Minister from July 2001 to June 2002 in addition to the culture portfolio.
- Michael German, Deputy First Minister and Minister for Rural Affairs and Wales Abroad June 2002 to May 2003.
Junior ministers
Please note that Deputy Ministers prior to the enactment of the Government of Wales Act 2006Government of Wales Act 2006
The Government of Wales Act 2006 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reforms the National Assembly for Wales and allows further powers to be granted to it more easily...
(enactment and legal separation takes place on appointment of the First Minister, post-May 2007) are not officially part of the Government, and not in Cabinet. From May 2007, Deputy Welsh Ministers are part of the Welsh Assembly Government, but not in Cabinet.
| Office | Name | Term | Party | |
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| Deputy Minister for Economic Development | Alun Pugh Alun Pugh Alun John Pugh is a former Labour Welsh Assembly Government Minister for Culture, Welsh Language and Sport. Pugh was born into a poor coal mining family in the Rhondda Valleys. He moved to North Wales in the mid 1980s. Pugh currently lives in his former constituency near Ruthin, and lived in... |
2000–2003 | Labour | |
| Deputy Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning | Huw Lewis Huw Lewis Huw Lewis AM is a Welsh Labour Co-operative politician. Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Lewis has represented the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency since the National Assembly for Wales was established in 1999.-Early life:... |
2000–2003 | Labour | |
| Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services | Brian Gibbons Brian Gibbons Dr Brian Gibbons, AM, FRCGP was the Labour Party Assembly Member for Aberavon from May 1999 to May 2010, when he stood down... |
2000–2003 | Labour | |
| Deputy Minister for Local Government | Peter Black Peter Black (Welsh politician) Peter Black is a Welsh Liberal Democrat politician, and Member of the Welsh Assembly for the South Wales West Region.-Background:... |
2000–2003 | Liberal Democrats Welsh Liberal Democrats The Welsh Liberal Democrats are one of the three state parties of the federal Liberal Democrats and operate within Wales, the others being the Scottish Liberal Democrats and the Liberal Democrats in England.... |
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| Deputy Minister for Rural Affairs, Culture and the Environment | Delyth Evans Delyth Evans Delyth Evans born 17 March 1958, Cardiff was the Labour National Assembly for Wales member for Mid and West Wales 2000-03.-Education:She attended Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen and the University of Wales, Aberystwyth... |
2000–2003 | Labour | |
See also
- List of Welsh Assembly Governments
- National Assembly for Wales election, 1999
- Members of the 1st National Assembly for Wales