Ken Skates

Ken Skates
Official portrait, 2024
Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
Assumed office
21 March 2024
First Minister
Preceded byLesley Griffiths
Cabinet Secretary for the Economy
In office
17 July 2024 – 11 September 2024
First Minister
Preceded byJeremy Miles
Succeeded byRebecca Evans
Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales
In office
19 May 2016 – 13 May 2021
First MinisterCarwyn Jones
Mark Drakeford
Preceded byEdwina Hart
Succeeded byVaughan Gething
Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism
In office
12 September 2014 – 19 May 2016
First MinisterCarwyn Jones
Preceded byJohn Griffiths
Succeeded byDafydd Elis-Thomas
Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology
In office
June 2013 – September 2014
First MinisterCarwyn Jones
Preceded byJeff Cuthbert
Succeeded byJulie James
Member of the Senedd
for Clwyd South
Assumed office
6 May 2011
Preceded byKaren Sinclair
Majority2,953 (21.1%)
Personal details
Born
Kenneth Christian Skates

(1976-04-02) 2 April 1976 (age 48)
Wrexham, Wales
Political partyWelsh Labour
Alma materSidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Websitewww.kenskates.co.uk Edit this at Wikidata

Kenneth Christian Skates (born 2 April 1976)[1] is a Welsh Labour politician who has served as Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales since March 2024.[2] Skates has represented the constituency of Clwyd South in the Senedd since the election of 2011. He is an alumnus of the University of Cambridge, and worked as a journalist prior to becoming a politician. In September 2014 he became the deputy minister for Culture, Tourism and Sport. From May 2016 to December 2018 he was the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Infrastructure and Skills, and was the Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales until he stood down on 13 May 2021.[3] He held Economy, Transport and North Wales position again between July and September 2024 when he assumed the economy portfolio.[4]

  1. ^ "SKATES, Kenneth Christian". Who's Who. Vol. 2019 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "First Minister Vaughan Gething announces new Welsh Government Cabinet | GOV.WALES". www.gov.wales. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Being re-elected as Member of the Senedd for Clwyd South is a huge honour. It has been a privilege to work with constituents over the last ten years to improve and champion our area, and I will continue to work as hard as I possibly can. (1/5)". Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Vaughan Gething reshuffles Welsh Labour top team after resignations". The Independent. 17 July 2024.