Cabinet Secretary for Education (Wales)

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The Cabinet Secretary for Education (Template:Langx) is a Cabinet minister in the Welsh Government who leads the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) (Template:Langx). The current officeholder is Lynne Neagle, who has served in the role since 2024.

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.[1]

Ministers

Name Picture Party Entered office Left office Government Notes
rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Rosemary Butler AM File:Rosemary Butler - National Assembly for Wales.jpg 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 Rhodri Morgan
rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Jane Davidson AM File:Jane Davidson.jpg 16 October 2000 [2] 6 June 2007 1st Rhodri Morgan Minister for education and lifelong learning.
2nd Rhodri Morgan
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Carwyn Jones AM File:Carwyn Jones 2011 (cropped).jpg 6 June 2007 [3] 19 July 2007 3rd Rhodri Morgan Minister for Education, Culture and the Welsh Language.
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Jane Hutt AM File:Jane Hutt AM (28136581466).jpg 19 July 2007[4] 10 December 2009 4th Rhodri Morgan Minister for Education, Children, Lifelong Learning & Skills
rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Leighton Andrews AM File:Leighton Andrews.jpg 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
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Huw Lewis AM File:Huw Lewis.jpg 26 June 2013 19 May 2016 Minister for Education and Skills
rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Kirsty Williams MS File:Kirsty Williams AM (28092338171).jpg 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[5]

1st Drakeford
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Jeremy Miles MS File:Jeremy Miles official portrait (cropped).png Labour 13 May 2021 20 March 2024 2nd Drakeford Minister for Education and Welsh Language
rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Lynne Neagle MS File:Official portrait of Lynne Neagle (cropped).jpg Labour 21 March 2024 Incumbent Gething Cabinet Secretary for Education
Eluned Morgan

See also

References

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External links

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