# Interim Rhodri Morgan administration > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Interim_Rhodri_Morgan_administration > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Interim_Rhodri_Morgan_administration.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interim_Rhodri_Morgan_administration > Source revision: 1334251015 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Welsh government (2000) Interim Morgan administration 2nd devolved administration of Wales 9 February 2000 – 16 October 2000 Date formed 9 February 2000 Date dissolved 16 October 2000 People and organisations Monarch Elizabeth II First Minister Rhodri Morgan Member party Labour Status in legislature Minority Opposition party Plaid Cymru Opposition leader Dafydd Wigley Ieuan Wyn Jones History Legislature term 1st National Assembly for Wales Predecessor Michael administration Successor First Rhodri Morgan government The **interim Rhodri Morgan administration** was a temporary government of [Wales](/source/Wales) formed on 9 February 2000 by [Rhodri Morgan](/source/Rhodri_Morgan), following the resignation of Alun Michael as [First Secretary](/source/First_Minister_for_Wales),[1] which was pre-empted by a [vote of no-confidence](/source/Vote_of_no-confidence) by [Plaid Cymru](/source/Plaid_Cymru). Rhodri Morgan was named as Acting First Secretary on 9 February and confirmed as the permanent First Secretary on 15 February 2000.[2] This Ministry ran until Morgan formed a [coalition government](/source/Coalition_government) with the [Liberal Democrats](/source/Welsh_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 election](/source/1999_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election).[3] ## Cabinet Office Portrait Name Term Party First Secretary of Wales and Secretary for Economic Development Rhodri Morgan* 9 February - 16 October Labour Minister for Assembly Business Andrew Davies* 22 February - 16 October Labour Finance Secretary Edwina Hart** 22 February - 16 October Labour Secretary for Post 16 Education and Training Tom Middlehurst*** 22 February - 9 October Labour Minister for Health and Social Services Jane Hutt* 22 February - 16 October Labour Secretary for Education and Children Rosemary Butler*** 22 February - 16 October Labour Secretary for Agriculture and Rural Development Christine Gwyther 22 February - 23 July Labour Carwyn Jones** 23 July - 16 October Labour Secretary for Local Government and Housing Peter Law*** 22 February - 16 October Labour Secretary for Environment, Planning and Transport Sue Essex** 22 February - 16 October Labour Office holders given special provisions to attend Cabinet: Chief Whip Karen Sinclair 22 February - 16 October Labour ** Indicates that the individual kept the same or similar job in the next government.* *** Indicates that the individual was moved to a new job in the next government.* **** 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](/source/Government_of_Wales_Act_2006) were not officially part of the Government, were not paid and received limited official support. Office Portrait Name Term Party Deputy Secretary for Health and Social Services Alun Pugh** 23 February 2000 - 17 October 2000 Labour Deputy Secretary for Agriculture, Local Government and Environment Carwyn Jones 23 February 2000 - 23 July 2000 Labour Delyth Evans* 24 July 2000 - 17 October 2000 Labour Deputy Secretary for Education and the Economy Christine Chapman*** 23 February 2000 - 17 October 2000 Labour ** Indicates that the individual kept the same or similar job in the next government.* *** Indicates that the individual was moved to a new job in the next government.* **** Indicates that the individual was either sacked or quit and held no ministerial role in the next government.* *All job titles and dates are taken from the History of The National Assembly section of their website*[2] ## 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](/source/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”.[4] A new [coalition government](/source/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 election](/source/2003_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election). ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Acting Welsh first secretary announced"](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/636068.stm). 9 February 2000. Retrieved 13 December 2018. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-National_Assembly_for_Wales_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-National_Assembly_for_Wales_2-1) ["First Assembly"](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). National Assembly for Wales. Archived from [the original](https://www.assembly.wales/en/bus-home/research/bus-assembly-publications-monitoring-services/Pages/key-events-first-assembly.aspx) on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Labour seeking Welsh partner"](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/events/wales_99/news/336324.stm). BBC Wales. 7 May 1999. Retrieved 17 December 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-The_Times_4-0)** ["Welsh cabinet member resigns"](https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/welsh-cabinet-member-resigns-n3jmvbdppqj). *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*. 10 October 2000. Retrieved 13 December 2018. v t e Welsh governments Michael Rhodri Morgan Interim I II III IV Jones I II III Drakeford I II Gething Eluned Morgan ap Iorwerth Current government v t e Welsh Labour Labour Party Political parties in Wales in the United Kingdom Leaders Ron Davies (Sep 1998–Oct 1998) Alun Michael (1999–2000) Rhodri Morgan (2000–2009) Carwyn Jones (2009–2018) Mark Drakeford (2018–2024) Vaughan Gething (Mar 2024–Jul 2024) Eluned Morgan (2024–2026) Ken Skates (Interim, May 2026–present) Deputy Leaders Carolyn Harris (2018–present) General Secretaries Cliff Prothero (1947) Emrys Jones (1965) Hubert Morgan (1979) Anita Gale (1984) Jessica Morden (1999) Chris Roberts (2005) David Hagendyk (2010) Louise Magee (2017) Jo McIntyre (2022) Current MSs Jayne Bryant Mike Hedges Vikki Howells Huw Irranca-Davies Sarah Murphy Lynne Neagle Ken Skates Shav Taj Huw Thomas Current MPs Tonia Antoniazzi Alex Barros-Curtis Torsten Bell Chris Bryant Wayne David Geraint Davies Alex Davies-Jones Stephen Doughty Chris Elmore Gill German Becky Gittins Nia Griffith Carolyn Harris Claire Hughes Gerald Jones Ruth Jones Stephen Kinnock Anna McMorrin Jessica Morden Kanishka Narayan Andrew Ranger Nick Smith Jo Stevens Mark Tami Nick Thomas-Symonds Henry Tufnell Steve Witherden Beth Winter Structure Welsh Executive Committee Welsh Labour Students Welsh Young Labour History Clear red water Factions Labour for an Independent Wales Labour and Co-operative (electoral pact) In Government Michael (1999–2000) Interim Rhodri Morgan (2000) First Rhodri Morgan (2000–2003) Second Rhodri Morgan (2003–2007) Third Rhodri Morgan (2007–2007) Fourth Rhodri Morgan (2007–2009; Coalition under One Wales with Plaid Cymru) First Jones (2009–2011; Coalition under One Wales with Plaid Cymru) Second Jones (2011–2016) Third Jones (2016–2018) First Drakeford (2018–2021) Second Drakeford (2021–2024; agreement with Plaid Cymru) Gething (2024) Eluned Morgan (2024–2026) Leadership elections 1998 Davies 1999 Michael 2000 Rhodri Morgan 2009 Jones 2018 Drakeford Feb–Mar 2024 Gething Jul 2024 Eluned Morgan 2026 TBD Deputy leadership elections 2018 Harris Category --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Interim Rhodri Morgan administration](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interim_Rhodri_Morgan_administration) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interim_Rhodri_Morgan_administration?action=history)). 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