Interim Rhodri Morgan administration

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The '''interim Rhodri Morgan administration''' was a temporary government of [[Wales]] formed on 9 February 2000 by [[Rhodri Morgan]], following the resignation of Alun Michael as [[First Minister for Wales|First Secretary]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/636068.stm|title=Acting Welsh first secretary announced |date=9 February 2000|accessdate=13 December 2018}}</ref> which was pre-empted by a [[vote of no-confidence]] by [[Plaid Cymru]].

Rhodri Morgan was named as Acting First Secretary on 9 February and confirmed as the permanent First Secretary on 15 February 2000.<ref name="National Assembly for Wales">{{cite news|url=https://www.assembly.wales/en/bus-home/research/bus-assembly-publications-monitoring-services/Pages/key-events-first-assembly.aspx|title=First Assembly|publisher=National Assembly for Wales|accessdate=13 December 2018|archive-date=1 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201115226/https://www.assembly.wales/en/bus-home/research/bus-assembly-publications-monitoring-services/Pages/key-events-first-assembly.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> This Ministry ran until Morgan formed a [[coalition government]] with the [[Welsh Liberal Democrats|Liberal Democrats]] in October 2000.

This administration was always viewed as temporary and Labour had mooted looking for a coalition partner following their perceived poor showing in the [[1999 National Assembly for Wales election|1999 election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/events/wales_99/news/336324.stm|title=Labour seeking Welsh partner |publisher=BBC Wales|date=7 May 1999|accessdate=17 December 2018}}</ref>

== Cabinet == {| class="wikitable" |- style="border-bottom: 2px solid gray;" !style="width: 340px"|Office !Portrait|| colspan="2" |Name || Term || Party |- |'''[[First Minister for Wales|First Secretary of Wales]] and Secretary for Economic Development''' |[[File:Rhodri_Morgan_(assemblée_nationale_pour_le_pays_de_Galles).jpg|138x138px]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Rhodri Morgan]]'''*||9 February - 16 October||[[Welsh Labour|Labour]] |- |'''[[Minister for Assembly Business]]''' |[[File:Official_portrait_of_Andrew_Davies_AM.jpg|136x136px]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Andrew Davies (Labour politician)|Andrew Davies]]'''*||22 February - 16 October||[[Welsh Labour|Labour]] |- |'''[[Minister for Finance (Wales)|Finance Secretary]]''' |[[File:Official_portrait_of_Edwina_Hart_AM.jpg|139x139px]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Edwina Hart]]'''**||22 February - 16 October||[[Welsh Labour|Labour]] |- |'''[[Department for Education and Skills (Wales)|Secretary for Post 16 Education and Training]]''' |[[File:Tom Middlehurst, 1999.jpg|132x132px]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Tom Middlehurst]]'''***|| 22 February - 9 October||[[Welsh Labour|Labour]] |- |'''[[Minister for Health and Social Services]]''' |[[File:Official portrait of Jane Hutt AM.jpg|132x132px]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Jane Hutt]]'''*||22 February - 16 October||[[Welsh Labour|Labour]] |- |'''[[Department for Education and Skills (Wales)|Secretary for Education and Children]]''' |[[File:Official portrait of Rosemary Butler AM.jpg|135x135px]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Rosemary Butler (politician)|Rosemary Butler]]'''***||22 February - 16 October||[[Welsh Labour|Labour]] |- |rowspan="2"|'''Secretary for Agriculture and Rural Development''' |[[File:Christinegwyther.jpg|134x134px]] ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Welsh Labour}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Christine Gwyther]]'''||22 February - 23 July||[[Welsh Labour|Labour]] |- |[[File:Official portrait of Carwyn Jones AM.jpg|133x133px]] |'''[[Carwyn Jones]]'''**||23 July - 16 October||[[Welsh Labour|Labour]] |- |'''Secretary for Local Government and [[Minister for Housing (Wales)|Housing]] ''' |[[File:Peterlaw.jpg|134x134px]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Peter Law]]'''***||22 February - 16 October||[[Welsh Labour|Labour]] |- |'''Secretary for Environment, Planning and Transport''' |[[File:Sue Essex 1999.png|129x129px]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Sue Essex]]'''**||22 February - 16 October||[[Welsh Labour|Labour]] |- ! colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | Office holders given special provisions to attend Cabinet: |- |'''[[Chief Whip (Wales)|Chief Whip]]''' |[[File:Official portrait of Karen Sinclair AM.jpg|135x135px]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Karen Sinclair]]'''||22 February - 16 October||[[Welsh Labour|Labour]] |- |}

''* Indicates that the individual kept the same or similar job in the next government.''<br /> ''** Indicates that the individual was moved to a new job in the next government.''<br /> ''*** Indicates that the individual was either sacked or quit and held no ministerial role in the next government.''

== Deputy Secretaries == Deputy Secretaries prior to the enactment of the [[Government of Wales Act 2006]] were not officially part of the Government, were not paid and received limited official support.

{| class="wikitable" |- style="border-bottom: 2px solid gray;" !style="width: 390px"|Office !Portrait|| colspan="2" |Name || Term || Party |- |'''[[Deputy Minister for Social Services|Deputy Secretary for Health and Social Services]]''' |[[File:Alun Pugh.jpg|132x132px]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Alun Pugh]]'''**||23 February 2000 - 17 October 2000||[[Welsh Labour|Labour]] |- |rowspan="2"|'''Deputy Secretary for Agriculture, Local Government and Environment ''' |[[File:Official portrait of Carwyn Jones AM.jpg|132x132px]] ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Welsh Labour}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Carwyn Jones]]'''|| 23 February 2000 - 23 July 2000||[[Welsh Labour|Labour]] |- |[[File:Delyth Evans.png|132x132px]] |'''[[Delyth Evans]]'''*||24 July 2000 - 17 October 2000||[[Welsh Labour|Labour]] |- |'''Deputy Secretary for Education and the Economy ''' |[[File:Official portrait of Christine Chapman AM.jpg|148x148px]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Christine Chapman]]'''***||23 February 2000 - 17 October 2000||[[Welsh Labour|Labour]] |- |}

''All job titles and dates are taken from the History of The National Assembly section of their website''<ref name="National Assembly for Wales"/>

==Aftermath== Between February and October 2000 Rhodri Morgan's Labour Party had 28 of the Assembly's 60 seats. The six Liberal Democrat seats would provided a comfortable working majority.

Developments quickly occurred during the autumn of 2000 culminating in [[Tom Middlehurst]] resigning as Secretary for post-16 education on 9 October claiming he could not “contemplate sitting down at the Cabinet table with the Liberal Democrats”.<ref name="The Times">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/welsh-cabinet-member-resigns-n3jmvbdppqj|title=Welsh cabinet member resigns|work=[[The Times]]|date=10 October 2000|access-date=13 December 2018}}</ref>

A new [[coalition government]] (the coalition used the term government rather than administration; officially referred to as the '''Coalition Partnership''') was officially announced on 5 October 2000 with policy details emerging the day later. Cabinet Ministers (the coalition replaced the title of Secretary with Minister) were then appointed on 16 October and Deputies on 17 October. That government lasted until the [[2003 National Assembly for Wales election|2003 election]].

==References== {{reflist|30em}}

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