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Eluned Morgan

The Baroness Morgan of Ely
Official portrait, 2024
First Minister of Wales
Assumed office
6 August 2024
MonarchCharles III
DeputyHuw Irranca-Davies
Preceded byVaughan Gething
Leader of Welsh Labour
Assumed office
24 July 2024
DeputyCarolyn Harris
Preceded byVaughan Gething
Ministerial offices
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care[a]
In office
13 May 2021 – 6 August 2024
First MinisterMark Drakeford
Vaughan Gething
Preceded byVaughan Gething
Succeeded byMark Drakeford
Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
In office
8 October 2020 – 13 May 2021
First MinisterMark Drakeford
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byLynne Neagle
Minister for the Welsh Language[b]
In office
3 November 2017 – 13 May 2021
First Minister
Preceded byAlun Davies
Succeeded byJeremy Miles
Member of the Senedd
for Mid and West Wales
Assumed office
5 May 2016
Preceded byRebecca Evans
Former Parliamentary offices
Member of the European Parliament
for Wales
In office
10 June 1999 – 4 June 2009
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJohn Bufton
Member of the European Parliament
for Mid and West Wales
In office
9 June 1994 – 10 June 1999
Preceded byDavid Morris
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
26 January 2011
Personal details
Born
Mair Eluned Morgan

(1967-02-16) 16 February 1967 (age 57)
Cardiff, Wales
Political partyLabour
SpouseRhys Jenkins
Children2
Parent
Alma materUniversity of Hull
Websitewww.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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  1. ^ "Eluned Morgan: Wales' new first minister confirmed". BBC News.
  2. ^ "Wales election: New health and education ministers in reshuffle". BBC News. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  3. ^ "First Minister Vaughan Gething announces new Welsh Government Cabinet | GOV.WALES". www.gov.wales. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  4. ^ Mosalski, Ruth (24 July 2024). "13 things you need to know about Eluned Morgan". Wales Online.

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