First Minister of Wales

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head of government role political office

The First Minister of Wales is the head of the Welsh Government, responsible for leading the devolved administration and setting policy for Wales.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
First Minister for Wales 2
Prif Weinidog Cymru 2
First Minister 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of government role ⓘ
political office ⓘ
accountableTo Senedd ⓘ
surface form: Senedd Cymru
appliesToJurisdiction Wales ⓘ
appointedBy British monarch ⓘ
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
appointedOnAdviceOf Senedd ⓘ
surface form: Senedd Cymru
associatedWithLegislature Senedd ⓘ
surface form: Senedd Cymru
canAppoint Deputy Ministers in the Welsh Government ⓘ
Welsh Ministers ⓘ
canRecommendAppointmentOf Counsel General for Wales ⓘ
coatOfArms Coat of arms of Wales ⓘ
surface form: Royal Badge of Wales
country Wales ⓘ
dateOfEstablishment 1999-05-12 ⓘ
firstHolder Alun Michael ⓘ
firstHolderEndDate 2000-02-09 ⓘ
firstHolderStartDate 1999-05-12 ⓘ
flag Flag of Wales ⓘ
governmentTypeContext devolution in the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver devolved matters in Wales ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.gov.wales/first-minister ⓘ
headOfGovernmentFor Welsh Government ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Cardiff ⓘ
memberOf Privy Council ⓘ
surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom

Welsh Government ⓘ
nativeLanguageName First Minister of Wales self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Prif Weinidog Cymru
nominatedBy Senedd ⓘ
surface form: Senedd Cymru
notableOfficeHolder Alun Michael ⓘ
Carwyn Jones ⓘ
Mark Drakeford ⓘ
Rhodri Morgan ⓘ
officeCreatedBy Government of Wales Act 1998 ⓘ
officeHoldersAreTypically leaders of the largest party in the Senedd ⓘ
officeHolderTitleInEnglish First Minister of Wales ⓘ
officeHolderTitleInWelsh First Minister of Wales self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Prif Weinidog Cymru
officeModifiedBy Government of Wales Act 2006 ⓘ
officeScope executive leadership within Wales, not UK-wide ⓘ
officeType devolved government leadership ⓘ
partOf devolved institutions of the United Kingdom ⓘ
precededByOffice Secretary of State for Wales ⓘ
surface form: Secretary of State for Wales (as primary political leader of Wales within UK Government)
reportsTo Senedd ⓘ
surface form: Senedd Cymru
residence Cardiff ⓘ
responsibleFor allocation of responsibilities to Welsh Ministers ⓘ
coordination of the Welsh Government ⓘ
overall policy direction of the Welsh Government ⓘ
seat Cardiff ⓘ
styleOfAddress First Minister of Wales self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: First Minister

The Right Honourable ⓘ
termLength serves while commanding confidence of the Senedd ⓘ
up to 5 years, dependent on Senedd term ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Counsel General for Wales → appointedOnAdviceOf → First Minister of Wales ⓘ
Welsh Ministers → appointedOnAdviceOf → First Minister of Wales ⓘ
Government of Wales Act 2006 → createdBody → First Minister of Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Minister for Wales
Government of Wales Act 2006 → definesOffice → First Minister of Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Minister for Wales
Welsh Government → hasOfficeHolder → First Minister of Wales ⓘ
Welsh Ministers → hasPart → First Minister of Wales ⓘ
First Minister of Wales → nativeLanguageName → First Minister of Wales self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prif Weinidog Cymru
First Minister of Wales → officeHolderTitleInWelsh → First Minister of Wales self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prif Weinidog Cymru
Counsel General for Wales → reportsTo → First Minister of Wales ⓘ
First Minister of Wales → styleOfAddress → First Minister of Wales self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Minister