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Gething Government
The Gething government was the Welsh Labour, Labour-led government of Wales formed on 21 March 2024 following the appointment of Vaughan Gething as First Minister of Wales, First Minister on 20 March 2024. History Following the resignation of Mark Drakeford, Gething was elected Leader of the Labour party on 16 March 2024 and appointed First Minister on 20 March. He became the first black leader of any European country. Gething announced his cabinet on 21 March. Upon appointing his cabinet, Gething stated "this stellar ministerial team will answer the call of the generation in wanting to create a stronger, fairer, greener Wales". Senior ministers in the cabinet were once again named "cabinet secretaries" with junior ministers referred to as "ministers", as they were in Carwyn Jones's Third Jones government, third government. Formation Rebecca Evans (politician), Rebecca Evans retained the Finance portfolio and was appointed Cabinet Secretary for Finance (Wales), Cabinet Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Drakeford Government
The second Drakeford government is the Labour-led government formed after the 2021 Senedd Election on 6 May 2021, with Mark Drakeford re-appointed as First Minister without opposition on 12 May 2021. Appointment On 12 May 2021, Mark Drakeford was the only person nominated for the position (by Rebecca Evans), and was subsequently recommended by the Presiding Officer to be appointed as First Minister. Cabinet Deputy ministers See also * Shadow Cabinet (Wales) * Members of the 6th Senedd * 2021 Senedd election 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ... References {{Drakeford Cabinet Ministries of Elizabeth II Ministries of Charles III Welsh governments Cabinets established in 2021 2021 establishments in Wales Drakeford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Drakeford
Mark Drakeford (born 19 September 1954) is a Welsh politician serving as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour since 2018. He previously served in the Welsh Government as Cabinet Secretary for Finance from 2016 to 2018 and Minister for Health and Social Services from 2013 to 2016. Drakeford was first elected as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Cardiff West in 2011. Drakeford was born in Carmarthen in West Wales. He studied Latin at the University of Kent and the University of Exeter. He was a lecturer at the University College of Swansea from 1991 to 1995 and at the Cardiff University from 1995 to 1999. He was a Professor of Social Policy and Applied Social Sciences at Cardiff University from 2003 to 2013. Drakeford was elected at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election for Cardiff West. In 2013, First Minister Carwyn Jones appointed Drakeford to the Welsh Government as Minister for Health and Social Services. He served as Cabinet Secretary for Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister For Social Care
The Minister for Social Care ( cy, Y Gweinidog Gofal Cymdeithasol) is a minister of the Welsh Government, accountable to the Welsh Cabinet, cabinet Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care (Wales), cabinet secretary for health and social care. The current officeholder is Dawn Bowden since March 2024. Deputy ministers Responsibilities The post's responsibilities are: * Some public health responsibilities, specifically; ** The response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales, screening and vaccination. ** Services for Health improvement and wellbeing * Delivery and performance of NHS Wales * Escalation procedures * Responsibility in managing reports from Healthcare Inspectorate Wales, such as keeping a receipt of, responding to, and managing the direction of their reports. * Overseeing the Welsh Government's relationship with Audit Wales in matters relating to the NHS. * The training and development of the medical workforce, excluding the higher education years 1-5 of Doctors * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn Bowden
Dawn Alison Louise Bowden (born 14 February 1960) is a British Labour Party politician and trade unionist serving as Chief Whip of the Welsh Government and Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport since 2021. Bowden has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney since 2016. Early life and education Bowden was born on 14 February 1960 in Bristol, England.'BOWDEN, Dawn', ''Who's Who 2017'', A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 201accessed 30 Sept 2017/ref> She was educated at St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School, a state-funded Catholic school in Bristol. Then, from 1976 to 1978, she undertook a secretarial course at Soundwell Technical College. Career Early career Bowden began her working life as a secretary. She worked for the National Health Service between 1979 and 1982, and for Bristol City Council from 1982 to 1983. From April 2012 until her election to the Welsh Asse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Waters
Lee Waters (born 12 February 1976) is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician serving in the Welsh Government as the Deputy Minister for Climate Change since 2021. He has served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Llanelli since 2016 and was Deputy Minister for Economy and Transport from 2018 to 2021. Early life Waters grew up in Brynamman in the Aman Valley. His father was a coal miner who was made redundant and his mother was a hairdresser. He has stated he did not grow up in a political or "militant" family but remembered his father, who was supportive of a ballot rather than industrial action at the time, going on strike. He studied at Amman Valley Comprehensive School and while at school wrote a piece for Wales on Sunday about his fellow students, asking whether they were planning on staying in their community. He found many were keen to leave. He has criticised those who told him at 15 that "if you want to get on, you have to get out". Education Waters grew up wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deputy Minister For Climate Change
The Cabinet Secretary for Transport ( cy, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth) is a minister of the Welsh Government. The current officeholder is Ken Skates, since March 2024. Holders of the role Background Following the 2021 Senedd election, First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford announced in the formation of the next Welsh government, that he would form a "super-ministry" centred on climate change, combining the portfolios of the environment, energy, housing, planning and transport. It would be headed by a Minister for Climate Change (announced to be Julie James MS), with a deputy minister assisting the government division. The position partly oversees transport in Wales, with the position also referred to by derivatives of the old name such as "transport minister". Waters, the holder from 2021, oversaw during his period in the position, the increased introduction of 20 mph zones in Wales, conducting a roads review involving scaling back new road construction, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Morgan
Julie Morgan (née Edwards; 2 November 1944) is a Welsh Labour Party politician, who has been a Member of the Senedd for Cardiff North seat in the Senedd since the 2011 election. She was previously Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff North from 1997 until 2010. She was married to former First Minister of Wales Rhodri Morgan until his death in 2017. Early life, education and career Julie Edwards was born in Cardiff in 1944. She was educated at Dinas Powys Primary School and Howell's School Llandaff. She then attended King's College London where she graduated with a BA in English in 1965. Just as her first term at university was about to begin, a general election was called, and she returned to Cardiff to campaign for Jim Callaghan in the seat which was then Cardiff South East. Despite Callaghan's protestations that she should go back to university, she campaigned for his victory alongside Neil Kinnock (the future leader of the Labour party), Glenys Kinnock and Rhodri M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deputy Minister For Social Services
The Minister for Social Care ( cy, Y Gweinidog Gofal Cymdeithasol) is a minister of the Welsh Government, accountable to the cabinet cabinet secretary for health and social care. The current officeholder is Dawn Bowden since March 2024. Deputy ministers Responsibilities The post's responsibilities are: * Some public health responsibilities, specifically; ** The response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales, screening and vaccination. ** Services for Health improvement and wellbeing * Delivery and performance of NHS Wales * Escalation procedures * Responsibility in managing reports from Healthcare Inspectorate Wales, such as keeping a receipt of, responding to, and managing the direction of their reports. * Overseeing the Welsh Government's relationship with Audit Wales in matters relating to the NHS. * The training and development of the medical workforce, excluding the higher education years 1-5 of Doctors * Health and social care research and development * Digital health an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counsel General For Wales
The Counsel General for Wales is the Welsh Government's Law Officer (akin to the role of Attorney general in other jurisdictions using the Common law), which means the government's chief legal adviser and representative in the courts. In addition to these "lawyer" roles the Counsel General also works to uphold the rule of law and integrity of the legal community in Wales, and has a number of important specific statutory functions, some of which are to be exercised independently of government and in the public interest. The Counsel General is appointed by the sovereign on the recommendation of the First Minister of Wales. The recommendation of the First Minister to appoint or remove the Counsel General can only be made if approved by the Senedd. The Counsel General is a member of the Welsh Government and attends Cabinet meetings at the invitation of the First Minister. Although not a minister, the Counsel General is bound by the Ministerial Code which makes some specific pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Antoniw
Mick Antoniw ( uk, Мік Антонів; born 1 September 1954) is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician, serving as Counsel General for Wales since 2021, and previously from 2016 to 2017. He has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Pontypridd since 2011. Early life Antoniw comes from a Ukrainian family, with a Danish mother and came to the UK as a result of his father seeking refugee status in the UK following World War II. Antoniw came to Wales to study law at the Cardiff Law School in 1973. He was President of the National Union of Students Wales from 1977 to 1979. Professional career He was a practising solicitor before his election to the Senedd, specialising in personal injury. Antoniw was a partner in Thompsons Solicitors, the specialist trade union solicitors, with whom he began his training in 1980. He is a trustee of the Welsh Refugee Council. Personal life Antoniw fostered dozens of other people's children in the 15 years prior to his election, saying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabinet Secretary For The Constitution
The Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution ( cy, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros y Cyfansoddiad) is a member of the cabinet in the Welsh Government. The current officeholder is Rebecca Evans, since March 2024. Ministers Responsibilities The post holder may have the following responsibilities: * Constitutional conventions * Constitutional affairs * Elections policy * Justice policy, and responding to the Justice Commission's report * Common Frameworks co-ordination work * Government position on the UK Internal Market Act * Tribunals policy The responsibilities for this position are vague, since its establishment in May 2021, however the officeholder was on the receiving end of questions relating to Senedd reform, while also expressing the officeholder's opinion on the state of intergovernmental relations with the UK Government, such as the dispute over the Trade Union (Wales) Act 2017, and how UK Government laws impact Wales. The officeholder also commissioned reports on h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabinet Secretary For Finance (Wales)
The Cabinet Secretary for Finance ( cy, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Gyllid) is a member of the cabinet in the Welsh Government, responsible for the management of the budget, tax and borrowing, oversight of financial accounting and audit, and oversight of any Private Finance Initiative The private finance initiative (PFI) was a United Kingdom government procurement policy aimed at creating " public–private partnerships" (PPPs) where private firms are contracted to complete and manage public projects. Initially launched in 1 ..., amongst others. List of ministers References {{Drakeford Cabinet Ministerial posts of the Welsh Government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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