| Minister for Education and Welsh Language of Wales | |
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| Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Welsh) | |
| Welsh Government | |
| Style | Welsh Minister |
| Status | Cabinet Minister |
| Abbreviation | Education Minister |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | the Senedd and the First Minister of Wales |
| Seat | Cardiff |
| Nominator | First Minister of Wales |
| Appointer | The Crown |
| Term length | Five years Subject to elections to the Senedd which take place every five years |
| Formation | 12 May 1999 |
| First holder | Rosemary Butler AM |
| Salary | £105,701 per annum[1] |
The Minister for Education and Welsh Language is a Cabinet minister in the Welsh Government who leads the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) (Welsh: Yr Adran Addysg a Sgiliau). The current officeholder is Jeremy Miles.
The Department is responsible for education, training and children's services in Wales under powers devolved from the Department for Children, Schools and Families of the UK government under Schedule 5 of the Government of Wales Act 2006.[2]
Ministers
| Name | Picture | Party | Entered office | Left office | Government | Notes | |
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| Rosemary Butler AM | 
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Labour | 12 May 1999 | 16 October 2000 | Michael | Secretary for Education
Tom Middlehurst served as Secretary for Education and Training (Post-16) for the same period. | |
| Interim Morgan | |||||||
| Jane Davidson AM | 
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16 October 2000 [3] | 6 June 2007 | 1st Morgan | Minister for education and lifelong learning. | ||
| 2nd Morgan | |||||||
| Carwyn Jones AM | 
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6 June 2007 [4] | 19 July 2007 | 3rd Morgan | Minister for Education, Culture and the Welsh Language. | ||
| Jane Hutt AM | 
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19 July 2007[5] | 10 December 2009 | 4th Morgan | Minister for Education, Children, Lifelong Learning & Skills | ||
| Leighton Andrews AM | 
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10 December 2009 | 25 June 2013 | 1st Jones | Minister for Children, Education and Lifelong Learning (2009-2011)
Minister for Education and Skills (2011-2013) (including Welsh Language) | ||
| 2nd Jones | |||||||
| Huw Lewis AM | 
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26 June 2013 | 19 May 2016 | Minister for Education and Skills | |||
| Kirsty Williams MS | 
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Liberal Democrat | 19 May 2016 | 13 May 2021 | 3rd Jones | Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills. Titled changed to Minister for Education in December 2018[6] | |
| 1st Drakeford | |||||||
| Jeremy Miles MS | 
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Labour | 13 May 2021 | Incumbent | 2nd Drakeford | Minister for Education and Welsh Language | |
See also
References
- ^ "Determination on Members' Pay and Allowances: 2020-2021" (PDF). Senedd Cymru. 9 April 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ Government of Wales Act 2006 Chapter 32 schedule 5 Archived 2008-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "BBC News | WALES | Welsh Lib-Dems join assembly cabinet".
- ^ "[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Welsh Government | Oral - The Cabinet".
- ^ "[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Welsh Government | Written - Welsh Assembly Government Cabinet".
- ^ "Announcements | GOV.WALES".
External links
| Cabinet members | Rt Hon Mark Drakeford (First Minister)
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