Deputy First Minister of Wales

Deputy leader of the Welsh Government

Deputy First Minister of Wales
Dirprwy Brif Weinidog Cymru

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Incumbent
office not in use
since 13 May 2011

Appointer| Elizabeth II
Inaugural holder| Mike German
Formation| 16 October 2000
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Politics of Wales

The Crown

The Monarch

Charles III

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Heir Apparent
William, Prince of Wales

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* Prerogative
* Royal family
* Succession
* Privy Council
* King-in-Parliament
* Lord-lieutenant
* Llwynywermod
* England and Wales
* Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542
* Principality of Wales
* Welsh republicanism

Government

Welsh Government

Second Drakeford government (list)

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First Minister (list)
Rt Hon Mark Drakeford MS (L)

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* Cabinet
* Civil Service
* Welsh Budget
* Taxation
* Directorates
* Sponsored bodies
* State-owned enterprises
* Crown Buildings, Cathays Park

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Counsel General – Mick Antoniw MS (L)

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International relations

* Internal diplomatic missions
* Welsh Government international offices

Legislature

Senedd

Sixth Senedd

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Llywydd (Presiding Officer)
Elin Jones MS (PC)

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Leader of the Opposition
Andrew RT Davies MS (C)
Shadow Cabinet (current)

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*     * Primary legislation (list)
*         * Acts
* Measures
* Statutory instruments

* Members (MSs)
* Current members
* Elections (by-elections)
* Constituencies and electoral regions
* First Minister's Questions
* Devolution referendum (2011 referendum)
* Government of Wales Act 1998
*           * 2006 Act
* 2014 Act
* 2017 Act

* Senedd estate, Cardiff Bay
*         * (Senedd building
* Tŷ Hywel
* Pierhead Building)

Wales and the United Kingdom

HM Government

Sunak ministry

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Prime Minister
Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP (C)

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Secretary of State for Wales
Rt Hon David TC Davies MP (C)

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UK Parliament

* 58th Parliament
* House of Commons

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* Wales Office
* Under-Secretary
* Welsh Grand Committee
* Welsh Affairs Select Committee
* Interministerial Standing Committee
* Government of Wales Act 2006

* Elections
* Constituencies
* Current Westminster MPs
* Diplomatic missions
* Barnett formula
* Devolution
* Devolved matters
* Reserved matters
* Legislative consent motion

* Unionism
* Independence

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Politics of the United Kingdom

Law and justice

* Welsh law
* English law
* Wales-only laws

*     * Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542
* Wales and Berwick Act 1746
* Capital of Wales: Cardiff
* Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
* Courts of England and Wales
* President of Welsh Tribunals
* Police forces
* Police and crime commissioner (list)

Local administration

History

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Subdivisions of Wales

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* Historic counties (list)
* Preserved counties (list)
* Principal areas (list)
* Former districts
*     * list pre-1973
* list 1974-1996

* Communities (list)

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Local government

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Principal councils (leader list) Corporate Joint Committees

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* Cities (list)

* Cardiff (Mayor / Council)

* Swansea (Mayor / Council)

* Newport (Mayor / Council)

* Wrexham (Mayor / Council)

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* Community council (list)

* Communities with city status
*     * Bangor
* St Asaph
* St Davids

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Local twinning

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see also: Regional terms and Regional economy

Elections and referendums

Senedd elections

* 1999
* 2003
* 2007
* 2011
* 2016
* 2021
* Next

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United Kingdom Parliament elections

* 1801 co-option
* 1802
* 1806
* 1807
* 1812
* 1818
* 1820
* 1826
* 1830
* 1831
* 1832
* 1835
* 1837
* 1841
* 1847
* 1852
* 1857
* 1859
* 1865
* 1868
* 1874
* 1880
* 1885
* 1886
* 1892
* 1895
* 1900
* 1906
* 1910 (Jan)
* 1910 (Dec)
* 1918
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1929
* 1931
* 1935
* 1945
* 1950
* 1951
* 1955
* 1959
* 1964
* 1966
* 1970
* 1974 (Feb)
* 1974 (Oct)
* 1979
* 1983
* 1987
* 1992
* 1997
* 2001
* 2005
* 2010
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019

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European Parliament elections (1979–2020)

* 1979
* 1984
* 1989
* 1994
* 1999
* 2004
* 2009
* 2014
* 2019

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Local elections

* 1987
* 1989
* 1991
* 1993
* 1995
* 1999
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2017
* 2022

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Police and crime commissioner elections

* 2012
* 2016
* 2021

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Referendums

* 1975
* 1979
* 1997
* 2011
* 2011
* 2016

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* 1915–16 Anglican border polls
* 2004 Ceredigion mayoral

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*     * Senedd constituencies and electoral regions
* UK parliamentary constituencies in Wales
* Political parties

Represented in the Senedd

* (Labour
* Conservatives
* Plaid Cymru
* Liberal Democrats)

* Think tanks

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The deputy first minister of Wales (Welsh: dirprwy brif weinidog Cymru) is the deputy leader of the Welsh Government. The post was created in October 2000 when Mike German of the Welsh Liberal Democrats was appointed Deputy First Minister as part of a coalition government with Welsh Labour. Since the office was created, the holder has been the party leader of the junior partner in coalition with Welsh Labour.

The last holder was Ieuan Wyn Jones of Plaid Cymru who was also the minister for the Economy and Transport. Ieuan Wyn Jones served in the office as part of the One Wales agreement between Plaid Cymru and Welsh Labour between 2007 and 2011.

## List of Deputy First Ministers[edit]

Name  | Time in office  | Political party  | First Minister  | Government  | Other office held

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| Michael German |  | 16 October 2000 – 8 May 2003
Acting: Jenny Randerson
(6 July 2001 - 13 June 2002) | Liberal Democrats | Rhodri Morgan | Labour – Liberal Democrat Coalition  | Minister for Economic Development 2000-2001

Minister for Rural Affairs and Wales Abroad 2002-2003

Office not in use 8 May 2003 – 11 July 2007
| Ieuan Wyn Jones |  | 11 July 2007 - 13 May 2011  | Plaid Cymru | Rhodri Morgan

Carwyn Jones

| Labour – Plaid Cymru Coalition | Minister for the Economy and Transport
Office not in use 13 May 2011 – present

## See also[edit]

* First Minister of Wales

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First Minister of Wales

* Alun Michael
* Rhodri Morgan
* Carwyn Jones
* Mark Drakeford

* Politics
* Wales

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