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Government of the 1st (1999)
Government of the 2nd (2003)
Government of the 3rd (2007)

The 1st National Assembly for Wales convened after the 1999 election. The Assembly first met on 7 May when Dafydd Elis-Thomas was appointed as the Presiding Officer.

Michael's First Government

Alun Michael's government (12 May 1999 - 15 February 2000) was the first assembly government and was a minority government.

Cabinet

Office Name Term Party
First Secretary style="background-color: Template:Wales Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Alun Michael 1999 - 2000 Labour
Secretary for Agriculture and the Rural Economy style="background-color: Template:Wales Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Christine Gwyther 1999 - 2000 Labour
Secretary for Economic Development and European Affairs style="background-color: Template:Wales Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Rhodri Morgan 1999 - 2000 Labour
Secretary for Education style="background-color: Template:Wales Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Rosemary Butler 1999 - 2000 Labour
Secretary for Education and Training (Post-16) style="background-color: Template:Wales Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Tom Middlehurst 1999 - 2000 Labour
Secretary for Finance style="background-color: Template:Wales Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Edwina Hart 1999 - 2000 Labour
Secretary for Health & Social Services style="background-color: Template:Wales Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Jane Hutt 1999 - 2000 Labour
Secretary for Local Government and Regeneration style="background-color: Template:Wales Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Peter Law 1999 - 2000 Labour
Office holders given special provisions to attend Cabinet
Chief Whip style="background-color: Template:Wales Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Andrew Davies 1999 - 2000 Labour

Junior ministers

Please note that Deputy Ministers prior to the enactment of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (enactment and legal separation takes place on appointment of the First Minister, post-May 2007) are not officially part of the Government, and not in Cabinet. From May 2007, Deputy Welsh Ministers are part of the Welsh Assembly Government, but not in Cabinet.

Office Name Term Party
Deputy Minister for Agriculture and the Rural Economy style="background-color: Template:Wales Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Carwyn Jones 2007 Labour

Morgan's First Government

Following the resignation of Alun Micheal as First Secretary which, was pre-emptied by a vote of no-confidence by Plaid Cymru, Rhodri Morgan was installed as First Secertary and a coalition government was formed with the Liberal Democrats.

Cabinet

Office Name Term Party
First Minister style="background-color: Template:Wales Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Rhodri Morgan 2000 - 2003 Labour
Deputy First Minister

Minister for Economic Development

style="background-color: Template:Welsh Liberal Democrats/meta/color; width: 1px" | Michael German 2000 - 2003 Liberal Democrats
Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development style="background-color: Template:Wales Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Carwyn Jones 2000 - 2003 Labour
Minister for Assembly Business style="background-color: Template:Wales Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Andrew Davies 2000 - 2003 Labour
Minister for Culture style="background-color: Template:Welsh Liberal Democrats/meta/color; width: 1px" | Jenny Randerson 2000 - 2003 Liberal Democrats
Minister for Education style="background-color: Template:Wales Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Jane Davidson 2000 - 2003 Labour
Minister for Environment, Transport and Planning style="background-color: Template:Wales Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Sue Essex 2000 - 2003 Labour
Minister for Finance and Local Government style="background-color: Template:Wales Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Edwina Hart 2000 - 2003 Labour
Minister for Health & Social Care style="background-color: Template:Wales Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Jane Hutt 2000 - 2003 Labour
Office holders given special provisions to attend Cabinet
Chief Whip style="background-color: Template:Wales Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Karen Sinclair 2000 - 2003 Labour

Changes:

Junior ministers

Please note that Deputy Ministers prior to the enactment of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (enactment and legal separation takes place on appointment of the First Minister, post-May 2007) are not officially part of the Government, and not in Cabinet. From May 2007, Deputy Welsh Ministers are part of the Welsh Assembly Government, but not in Cabinet.

Office Name Term Party
Deputy Minister for Economic Development style="background-color: Template:Wales Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Alun Pugh 2000 - 2003 Labour
Deputy Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning style="background-color: Template:Wales Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Huw Lewis 2000 - 2003 Labour
Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services style="background-color: Template:Wales Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Brian Gibbons 2000 - 2003 Labour
Deputy Minister for Local Government style="background-color: Template:Welsh Liberal Democrats/meta/color; width: 1px" | Peter Black 2000 - 2003 Liberal Democrats
Deputy Minister for Rural Affairs, Culture and the Environment style="background-color: Template:Wales Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Delyth Evans 2000 - 2003 Labour

See also

References