The First Drakeford government was a
Labour-led government formed after the resignation of
Carwyn Jones
Carwyn Howell Jones (born 21 March 1967) is a Welsh politician who served as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour from 2009 to 2018. He served as Counsel General for Wales from 2007 to 2009. Jones served as the Member of the Se ...
as
First Minister of Wales
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on 12 December 2018, and the subsequent appointment of
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 Minis ...
in his place following a
leadership contest. The government was also supported by the sole
Welsh Liberal Democrat MS
Kirsty Williams
Victoria Kirstyn Williams (born 19 March 1971) is a Welsh politician who served as Minister for Education in the Welsh Government from 2016 to 2021. She was a Member of the Senedd (MS) from 1999 to 2021. She previously served as the Leader of ...
and the independent MS
Dafydd Elis-Thomas
Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Baron Elis-Thomas (born 18 October 1946) is a Welsh politician who served as the Leader of Plaid Cymru from 1984 to 1991 and represented the Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency in the Senedd from 1999 to 2021.
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. Drakeford's first term as First Minister is known for his handling of the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
Between May 2016 and December 2018 the senior tier of ministers were referred to as Cabinet Secretaries and the junior tier as Ministers, from the formation of this government they reverted to their previous titles of Cabinet Ministers and Deputy Ministers respectively.
Following the
2021 Senedd election
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, Labour was
re-elected to a sixth term with Mark Drakeford continuing as First Minister.
Appointment
Cabinet
Deputy ministers
See also
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Shadow Cabinet (Wales)
The Welsh Shadow Cabinet is constituted by members of the largest party not part of the Welsh Government. Since 6 April 2017 this has been the Welsh Conservatives, and since 7 May 2021 the Leader of the Opposition has been Andrew RT Davies.
B ...
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Members of the 5th Senedd
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2018 Welsh Labour leadership election
The 2018 Welsh Labour Party leadership election took place between 9 November and 6 December 2018 to elect a successor to Carwyn Jones as leader of the Welsh Labour Party.
Carwyn Jones, who had led Welsh Labour since 2009, announced his intentio ...
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2021 Senedd election
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References
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Drakeford, first
Welsh governments
Coalition governments of the United Kingdom
2018 establishments in Wales
Cabinets established in 2018