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    Mark Drakeford (born 19 September 1954) is a Welsh politician who served as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour from 2018 to 2024. He previously...
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  • March 2024 to select Mark Drakeford's successor as leader of Welsh Labour, who in turn would become First Minister of Wales. Drakeford announced his resignation...
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    Valley CLP has supported Mark Drakeford this evening!". "Mark Drakeford AM on Twitter". "Albert Owen MP endorses Mark Drakeford for Welsh Labour Leader...
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    following 2016 election, Gething was re-elected. Gething served in Mark Drakeford's government as Minister for Health; his tenure was dominated by the...
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    The second Drakeford government was the Labour-led government formed after the 2021 Senedd Election on 6 May 2021, with Mark Drakeford re-appointed as...
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    Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee. Blythyn backed Mark Drakeford in the 2018 Welsh Labour Leadership election. In April 2018, Blythyn...
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  • Australian politician Geoff Drakeford (born 1991), Australian golfer Mark Drakeford (born 1954), Welsh politician Richard Drakeford (1936–2009), British composer...
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    of two candidates in the Welsh Labour leadership election to replace Mark Drakeford as party leader, losing to Vaughan Gething. He was born and brought...
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    Minister of Wales on 12 December 2018, and the subsequent appointment of Mark Drakeford in his place following a leadership contest. The government was also...
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    would step down as First Minister that autumn, and in December 2018 Mark Drakeford (the Finance Secretary in Jones' cabinet) was elected as his replacement...
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    because of the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic. The First Minister Mark Drakeford announced on 29 June 2020 that a group with representatives from all...
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    was announced in November 2021, by the leaders of the two parties, Mark Drakeford, leader of Welsh Labour and First Minister, and Adam Price, leader of...
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    Labour leadership election. She was then appointed by First Minister Mark Drakeford as Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language before...
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    House & Chief Whip. On 13 December 2018, following the election of Mark Drakeford to the position of leader of Welsh Labour and therefore First Minister...
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    Gething as First Minister on 20 March 2024. Following the resignation of Mark Drakeford, Gething was elected Leader of the Labour party on 16 March 2024 and...
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  • with a new leader scheduled to be in place on 14 September. Following Mark Drakeford's resignation as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour,...
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    Mark Drakeford's 2018 Welsh Labour leadership bid, and Keir Starmer's candidacy in the 2020 Labour leadership election. In January 2019 Drakeford appointed...
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    also served concurrently as leader of Welsh Labour. On 12 May 2021, Mark Drakeford was the only person nominated for the position (by Rebecca Evans), and...
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    made the first minister Keeper of the Welsh Seal. On 22 October 2021, Mark Drakeford, the incumbent First Minister, changed his Twitter handle from @fmwales...
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    focusing on North Wales was first raised in 2009, but was established by Mark Drakeford in 2018. It was established over concerns of how devolution was centred...
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  • Events from the year 2024 in Wales. First Minister – Mark Drakeford (until 20 March), Vaughan Gething (from 20 March) Secretary of State for Wales – David...
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  • competence". Responding to evidence given to the COVID-19 Inquiry, Mark Drakeford, the First Minister of Wales, says he did not delete messages during...
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    11 September 2014 – via www.bbc.co.uk. "Welsh government reshuffle: Mark Drakeford new health minister". 14 March 2013 – via www.bbc.co.uk. "Member Profile"...
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  • retiring from politics. 4 Mark Drakeford 47:38 September 16, 2022 (2022-09-16) link at Apple Podcasts Welsh first minister Mark Drakeford discusses Welsh Labour...
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    reported that Vaughan Gething, during his successful campaign to succeed Mark Drakeford as First Minister of Wales in the February–March 2024 Welsh Labour leadership...
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  • The National Assembly for Wales is closed to the public. 23 March – Mark Drakeford, the First Minister of Wales, was advised to impose the first stay at...
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    Infrastructure and Skills in the Welsh Government. In the formation of the Drakeford government in December 2018, Skates was appointed Minister for Economy...
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  • leadership: Mark Drakeford set to be Wales' first minister". BBC News. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2019. "Wales new First Minister Mark Drakeford is sworn...
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  • nation.cymru Plans for more Senedd politicians get go-ahead - BBC "Mark Drakeford to quit Senedd at next election". BBC News. 9 August 2023. Retrieved...
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    Labour councillors in South Glamorgan County Council which included Mark Drakeford, Jane Hutt, Sue Essex and Morgan's wife Julie.: 4–5, 297  Morgan's main...
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