Edwina Hart | |
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Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science | |
In office 13 May 2011 – 19 May 2016 | |
First Minister | Carwyn Jones |
Preceded by | Ieuan Wyn Jones |
Succeeded by | Ken Skates |
Minister for Health and Social Services | |
In office 4 May 2007 – 13 May 2011 | |
First Minister | Rhodri Morgan Carwyn Jones |
Preceded by | Brian Gibbons |
Succeeded by | Lesley Griffiths |
Minister for Local Government and Regeneration | |
In office 17 June 2000 – 1 May 2003 | |
First Minister | Rhodri Morgan |
Preceded by | Peter Law |
Succeeded by | Sue Essex |
Member of the Welsh Assembly for Gower | |
In office 6 May 1999 – 6 April 2016 | |
Preceded by | New Assembly |
Succeeded by | Rebecca Evans |
Majority | 4,864 (18.2%) |
Personal details | |
Born | citation needed] Gowerton, Wales | 26 April 1957 [
Political party | Welsh Labour |
Spouse | Bob Hart |
Children | 1 daughter |
Edwina Hart, MBE (born 26 April 1957) is a Welsh Labour[1] politician who represented the constituency of Gower from the establishment of the National Assembly for Wales (Senedd) in 1999 until 2016. Hart served in the Welsh Government as a cabinet minister for the full 17 years she was an AM including as Minister for Health and Social Services from 2007 to 2011 and as Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science from 2011 to 2016.
She was the runner up to Carwyn Jones in the 2009 Welsh Labour leadership election.