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The Welsh Government

Who is in the Welsh Government, what each minister is responsible for, and how much they have answered for it in the Senedd.

What the government has promised: the Programme for Government

First Minister

  • Rhun ap Iorwerth

    First Minister of Wales

    Plaid

    Leads the government and answers First Minister's Questions every week.

    607 contributions in the Senedd. 19 written questions answered. 182 external meetings and engagements published

Cabinet

Deputy Ministers

  • Cefin Campbell

    Deputy Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education

    Plaid

    Answers for: Universities, colleges and skills

    98 contributions in the Senedd. 15 written questions answered. 75 external meetings and engagements published

  • Nerys Evans

    Deputy Minister for Public and Preventative Health

    Plaid

    Answers for: Public health

    37 contributions in the Senedd. 12 written questions answered. 47 external meetings and engagements published

  • Mark Hooper

    Deputy Minister for Transport

    Plaid

    Answers for: Transport

    86 contributions in the Senedd. 64 written questions answered. 113 external meetings and engagements published

  • Delyth Jewell

    Deputy Minister for Social Care, Mental Health and Women’s Health

    Plaid

    Answers for: Social care, Mental health, The NHS

    114 contributions in the Senedd. 33 written questions answered. 40 external meetings and engagements published

Law officer

The Counsel General is the government's chief legal adviser and doesn't have to be a Member of the Senedd.

  • Elfyn Llwyd

    Counsel General

    88 contributions in the Senedd. 6 written questions answered. 3 external meetings and engagements published

Counts are for the Seventh Senedd. Written questions are counted where the published answer names the minister's post.

Meetings and engagements come from the Welsh Government's register of ministerial meetings, published every three months; it currently runs to 2 December 2026.