The Baroness Morgan of Ely | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First Minister of Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 6 August 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monarch | Charles III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deputy | Huw Irranca-Davies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Vaughan Gething | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leader of Welsh Labour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 24 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deputy | Carolyn Harris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Vaughan Gething | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Member of the Senedd for Mid and West Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 5 May 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Rebecca Evans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Member of the House of Lords | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Life peerage 26 January 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Mair Eluned Morgan 16 February 1967 Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Rhys Jenkins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alma mater | University of Hull | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www.elunedmorgan.wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mair Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely, PC (born 16 February 1967), is a Welsh Labour politician who has served as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour since 2024.[1] She previously served as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care in the Welsh Government from 2021 to 2024.[a][2][3]
Morgan has been a Member of the House of Lords since 2011 and has served as a Member of the Senedd (MS) since 2016. She is a Welsh speaker[4] and was Minister for the Welsh Language from 2017 to 2021, Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing from 2020 to 2021, and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1994 to 2009.
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