List of Welsh Governments

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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
Eluned Morgan government (list)

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First Minister (list)
Rt Hon Eluned Morgan MS (L)

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Deputy First Minister
Huw Irranca-Davies 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-designate – Elisabeth Jones Chief Whip and Trefnydd – Jane Hutt MS (L) Permanent Secretary

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International relations

* 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
Darren Millar MS (C)
Shadow Cabinet

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*     * Welsh law
* Primary (

* Acts
* Measures
* list

* Secondary (

* Statutory instruments
* list

* Members (MSs)
* Current members
* Elections (by-elections)
* Constituencies and electoral regions
* First Minister's Questions
* Senedd Commissioner for Standards
* 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

Starmer ministry

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Prime Minister
Rt Hon Keir Starmer MP (L)

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Secretary of State for Wales
Rt Hon Jo Stevens MP (L)

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UK Parliament

* 59th 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
* 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
* 2024

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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

* Category
* Wales portal

* Other countries

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This is a list of all Welsh Government ministerial teams which have existed since the introduction of devolution for Wales in 1999. Since the onset of devolution in Wales in 1999, each Welsh Government administration has been led by the Labour Party.

## Ministries of the Welsh Government

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### 1st Assembly

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Term  | Ministry  | First Minister  | Deputy  | Parties  | Type
1999–2000  | Michael |  | Alun Michael | office not in use |  | Labour | Minority
2000  | Interim Rhodri Morgan |  | Rhodri Morgan | office not in use |  | Labour | Caretaker
2000–2003  | 1st Rhodri Morgan |  | Rhodri Morgan |  | Mike German |  | Labour | Coalition
| Liberal Democrats

### 2nd Assembly

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Term  | Ministry  | First Minister  | Deputy  | Parties  | Type
2003–2007  | 2nd Rhodri Morgan |  | Rhodri Morgan | office not in use |  | Labour | Minority

### 3rd Assembly

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Term  | Ministry  | First Minister  | Deputy  | Parties  | Type
2007–2007  | 3rd Rhodri Morgan |  | Rhodri Morgan | office not in use |  | Labour | Caretaker
2007–2009  | 4th Rhodri Morgan |  | Ieuan Wyn Jones |  | Labour | Coalition
| Plaid Cymru
2009–2011  | 1st Jones |  | Carwyn Jones |  | Labour
| Plaid Cymru

### 4th Assembly

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Term  | Ministry  | First Minister  | Deputy  | Parties  | Type
2011–2016  | 2nd Jones |  | Carwyn Jones | office not in use |  | Labour | Minority

### 5th Assembly/Senedd

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Term  | Ministry  | First Minister  | Deputy  | Parties  | Type
2016–2018  | 3rd Jones |  | Carwyn Jones | office not in use |  | Labour | Coalition
| Liberal Democrats
| Independent from Nov 2017
2018–2021  | 1st Drakeford |  | Mark Drakeford | office not in use |  | Labour
| Liberal Democrats
| Independent

### 6th Senedd

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Term  | Ministry  | First Minister  | Deputy  | Parties  | Type
2021–2024  | 2nd Drakeford |  | Mark Drakeford | office not in use |  | Labour | Minority
2024  | Gething |  | Vaughan Gething | office not in use
2024–present  | Eluned Morgan |  | Eluned Morgan |  | Huw Irranca-Davies

## See also

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* List of British governments
* List of Northern Ireland Executives
* List of Scottish governments

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Welsh Governments

* Michael
* Rhodri Morgan
* Interim
* I
* II
* III
* IV
* Jones
* I
* II
* III
* Drakeford
* I
* II
* Gething
* Eluned Morgan

Current government
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