Eluned Morgan
The Baroness Morgan of Ely | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Official portrait, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the House of Lords | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Life peerage 26 January 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the European Parliament | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 9 June 1994 – 4 June 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | David Morris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | John Bufton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Mid and West Wales (1994–1999) Wales (1999–2009) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Mair Eluned Morgan 16 February 1967 Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rhys Jenkins (m. 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Alma mater | University of Hull (BA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. Morgan is the first woman and the first member of the House of Lords to serve as First Minister. Before becoming First Minister, she served as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care from 2021 to 2024.
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 leave of absence from the House of Lords.
A Welsh speaker, Morgan served as Minister for the Welsh Language from 2017 to 2021 as well 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.