Jane Hutt

Jane Hutt
Official portrait, 2024
Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice[a]
Assumed office
17 July 2024
First MinisterVaughan Gething
Eluned Morgan
Preceded byLesley Griffiths
In office
13 May 2021 – 20 March 2024
First MinisterMark Drakeford
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byLesley Griffiths
Trefnydd of the Senedd
Assumed office
21 March 2024
First MinisterVaughan Gething
Eluned Morgan
Preceded byLesley Griffiths
In office
10 December 2009 – 3 November 2017
First MinisterCarwyn Jones
Preceded byCarwyn Jones
Succeeded byJulie James
In office
10 September 2005 – 19 July 2007
First MinisterRhodri Morgan
Preceded byKaren Sinclair
Succeeded byCarl Sargeant
Welsh Government Chief Whip
Assumed office
2 May 2023
First MinisterMark Drakeford
Vaughan Gething
Eluned Morgan
Preceded byDawn Bowden
In office
13 December 2018 – 13 May 2021
First MinisterMark Drakeford
Preceded byJulie James
Succeeded byDawn Bowden
In office
19 May 2016 – 3 November 2017
First MinisterCarwyn Jones
Preceded byJanice Gregory
Succeeded byJulie James
Minister for Finance
In office
10 December 2009 – 19 May 2016
First MinisterCarwyn Jones
Preceded byAndrew Davies
Succeeded byMark Drakeford
In office
31 May 2007 – 19 July 2007
First MinisterRhodri Morgan
Preceded bySue Essex
Succeeded byAndrew Davies
Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills
In office
19 July 2007 – 10 December 2009
First MinisterRhodri Morgan
Preceded byCarwyn Jones (Education, Culture and the Welsh Language)
Succeeded byLeighton Andrews (Children, Education and Lifelong Learning)
Minister for Equalities and Children
In office
10 September 2005 – 31 May 2007
First MinisterRhodri Morgan
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Minister for Health and Social Services
In office
12 May 1999 – 10 September 2005
First MinisterRhodri Morgan
Alun Michael
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byBrian Gibbons
Member of the Senedd
for Vale of Glamorgan
Assumed office
6 May 1999
Preceded byOffice established
Majority3,270 (7.6%)
Personal details
Born (1949-12-15) 15 December 1949 (age 74)
Epsom, England
Political partyWelsh Labour
SpouseMichael Trickey
Children2 daughters
Alma materUniversity of Kent
London School of Economics
University of Bristol
OccupationPolitician, trade unionist
Websitejanehutt.wales

Jane Elizabeth Hutt CBE (born 15 December 1949) is a Welsh Labour politician serving as Welsh Government Chief Whip since 2023, Trefnydd of the Senedd since March 2024 and Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice since July 2024.[a][1][2] She has served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for the Vale of Glamorgan since 1999.[3]

A member of the Parliament since its creation, Hutt holds the record for the longest serving Welsh Government minister and has served in every administration to date. She served continually in government from May 1999 until the November 2017 reshuffle, returning in December 2018. Hutt has held several of the most senior government offices, including Minister for Finance, Minister for Health and Social Services, and Minister for Education.


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  1. ^ "First Minister Vaughan Gething announces new Welsh Government Cabinet | GOV.WALES". www.gov.wales. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Vaughan Gething: Jeremy Miles likely to bid to be Wales first minister". BBC News. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Member Profile". National Assembly for Wales.