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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 politician who has served as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour since 2024.[1] Morgan is the first woman, and first member of the House of Lords to hold the office of First Minister.[2][3] She previously served as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care in the Welsh Government from 2021 to 2024.[a][4][5]
Morgan has been a member of the House of Lords since 2011, a member of the Senedd (MS) since 2016 and was a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1994 to 2009. She is currently on a leave of absence from the House of Lords.[6]
She is a Welsh speaker[7] and was Minister for the Welsh Language from 2017 to 2021. She also served as Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing from 2020 to 2021.
As leader of Welsh Labour and first minister, Morgan has revived Welsh Labour's clear red water strategy used by some of her predecessors, shifting Welsh Labour back to the political left and distancing it from the centrist UK Labour leadership of Keir Starmer, criticising some of the policies implemented by Starmer's government.[8][9][10][11]
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- ^ "Wales election: New health and education ministers in reshuffle". BBC News. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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- ^ Carter, Chris (6 September 2024). "'Renewing while in office: Welsh Labour begins the search for fresh Clear Red Water'". LabourList. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ Green, Daniel (7 May 2025). "MS warns of 'simmering discontent' with Westminster as Labour sees poll slump one year out from Senedd election". LabourList. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ Morris, Steven (6 May 2025). "Welsh Labour first minister says she is 'losing patience' with Starmer's policies". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ Davies, Nye (13 May 2025). "'The red Welsh way': Welsh Labour attempts to distance itself from the UK party". The Conversation. Retrieved 16 May 2025.