The Interim Morgan Government of

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was formed on 9 February 2000 by

Rhodri Morgan Hywel Rhodri Morgan (29 September 1939 – 17 May 2017) was a Welsh Labour politician who was the First Minister of Wales and the Leader of Welsh Labour from 2000 to 2009. He was also the Assembly Member for Cardiff West from 1999 to 2011 and t ...

following the resignation of Alun Michael as

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, which was pre-empted by a

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. Rhodri Morgan was named as Acting First Secretary on 9 February and confirmed as the permanent First Secretary on 15 February 2000. This Ministry ran until Morgan formed a

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with the Liberal Democrats in October 2000. This government was always viewed as temporary and Labour had mooted looking for a coalition partner following their persevered poor showing in the 1999 election.

Cabinet

''* Indicates that the individual kept the same or similar job in the next government.''
''** Indicates that the individual was moved to a new job in the next government.''
''*** Indicates that the individual was either sacked or quit and held no ministerial role in the next government.''

Deputy Secretaries

Deputy Secretaries prior to the enactment of the

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were not officially part of the Government, were not paid and received limited official support. ''* Indicates that the individual kept the same or similar job in the next government.''
''** Indicates that the individual was moved to a new job in the next government.''
''*** Indicates that the individual was either sacked or quit and held no ministerial role in the next government.'' ''All job titles and dates are taken from the History of The National Assembly section of their website''

Aftermath

Between February and October 2000 Rhodri Morgan's Labour Party had 28 of the Assembly's 60 seats. The six Liberal Democrat seats would provided a comfortable working majority. Developments quickly occurred during the autumn of 2000 culminating in

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resigning as Secretary for post-16 education on 9 October claiming he could not “contemplate sitting down at the Cabinet table with the Liberal Democrats”. A new

(officially referred to as the Coalition Partnership) was officially announced on 5 October 2000 with policy details emerging the day later. Cabinet Ministers were then appointed on 16 October and Deputies on 17 October. That government lasted until the 2003 election.

References

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