Rebecca Evans | |
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.jpg) Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning | |
| Assumed office 11 September 2024 | |
| First Minister | Eluned Morgan |
| Preceded by | Ken Skates |
| Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office[a] | |
| In office 13 December 2018 – 11 September 2024 | |
| First Minister | Mark Drakeford Vaughan Gething Eluned Morgan |
| Preceded by | Mark Drakeford |
| Succeeded by | Mark Drakeford |
| Minister for Local Government | |
| In office 13 May 2021 – 20 March 2024 | |
| First Minister | Mark Drakeford |
| Preceded by | Julie James |
| Succeeded by | Julie James |
| Trefnydd of the Senedd | |
| In office 13 December 2018 – 13 May 2021 | |
| First Minister | Mark Drakeford |
| Preceded by | Julie James |
| Succeeded by | Lesley Griffiths |
| Minister for Housing and Regeneration | |
| In office 3 November 2017 – 13 December 2018 | |
| First Minister | Carwyn Jones |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Hannah Blythyn |
| Minister for Social Services and Public Health | |
| In office 19 May 2016 – 3 November 2017 | |
| First Minister | Carwyn Jones |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Huw Irranca-Davies (Children and Social Care) |
| Deputy Minister for Farming and Food | |
| In office 8 July 2014 – 19 May 2016 | |
| First Minister | Carwyn Jones |
| Preceded by | Alun Davies (Agriculture) |
| Succeeded by | Hannah Blythyn (Minister for the Environment) |
| Member of the Senedd forGower | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Edwina Hart |
| Majority | 4,795 (14.4%) |
| Member of the Senedd forMid and West Wales | |
| In office 5 May 2011 – 6 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Alun Davies |
| Succeeded by | Eluned Morgan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1976-08-02)2 August 1976 (age 49)[citation needed] Bridgend, Wales |
| Political party | Welsh Labour andCo-operative |
| Alma mater | Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University of Leeds |
Rebecca Mary Evans (born 2 August 1976) is aWelsh Labour andCo-operative politician who has served asCabinet Secretary for the Economy, Energy and Planning since September 2024. She previously served asCabinet Secretary for Finance from 2018 to 2024,[1] and for theConstitution and Cabinet Office in 2024. Evans has served as theMember of the Senedd (MS) forGower since 2016,[2] and a Member forMid and West Wales from 2011 to 2016.
Evans has previously served in other roles in theWelsh Government, such as the Deputy Minister for Farming and Food (2014–16),Minister for Social Care and Public Health (2016–17) and Minister for Housing and Regeneration (2017–18). She wasTrefnydd (Leader) of theSenedd from 2018 to 2021.
Evans was born inBridgend, Wales in 1976.[3] She obtained aBA degree in history at theUniversity of Leeds,[2] and anMPhil in Historical Studies atSidney Sussex College, Cambridge.[2]
She worked as Policy and Public Affairs Officer for a national charity representing disabled people and their families. Evans is also a former Welsh Labour Organiser for Mid and West Wales, and a former Senior Researcher and Communications Officer for an Assembly Member.
Evans was elected in2011 as one of four regional MSs representingMid and West Wales in theSenedd forLabour.[4] At the2016 election, she was elected as theLabour Co-operative member[5] for theGower constituency and was re-elected in2021.
Between her election in 2011 and her promotion to ministerial office, Evans served on the National Assembly for Wales’ Environment and Sustainable Development Committee and its Common Agricultural Policy Task and Finish Group, the Heath and Social Care Committee, and the Children, Young People and Education Committee. She has also served as chair of the Cross-party group on Nursing and midwifery, the cross-party group on mental health and was the co-chair of the cross-party group on disability.
On 8 July 2014, Evans joined the Welsh Government as the Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, in a minor reshuffle following the sacking ofAlun Davies.[6] The office was renamed to Deputy Minister for Farming and Food in September 2014.[7]
Following the2016 Assembly election, she was appointed to the new role ofMinister for Social Care and Public Health. She moved to another new role as Minister for Housing and Regeneration in a reshuffle on 3 November 2017.[8]
In December 2018, Evans joinedMark Drakeford'sfirst Cabinet as theMinister for Finance andTrefnydd (Leader) of the Senedd.
Evans introduced and was the government minister responsible for theWelsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Act 2022 which allowed the Welsh government to amend tax law usingstatutory instruments.[9]
Media related toRebecca Evans at Wikimedia Commons| Senedd | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of the Senedd forMid and West Wales 2011–2016 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the Senedd forGower 2016–present | Incumbent |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Minister for Finance 2018–present | Incumbent |
| Preceded by | Trefnydd of the Senedd 2018–present | Incumbent |