{{Short description|Welsh government (1999–2000)}} {{More citations needed|date=September 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox government cabinet |cabinet_name = Michael administration |cabinet_number = 1st |cabinet_type = [[Welsh Government|devolved administration]] |jurisdiction = [[Wales]] |flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg |flag_border = true |incumbent = 1999–2000 |image = Alun Michael official portrait.jpg |date_formed = 12 May 1999 |date_dissolved = 9 February 2000 |government_head_title = [[First Minister of Wales|First Secretary]] |government_head = [[Alun Michael]] |government_head_history = |state_head_title = [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|Monarch]] |state_head = [[Elizabeth II]] |current_number = |former_members_number = |total_number = |political_party = {{Unbulleted list | {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Welsh Labour|Labour]]}} |legislature_status = [[Minority government|Minority]] |opposition_cabinet = |opposition_party = {{Unbulleted list | {{Color box|{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}|border=darkgray}} [[Plaid Cymru]]}} |opposition_leader = [[Dafydd Wigley]] |election = [[1999 National Assembly for Wales election|1999 election]] |last_election = |legislature_term = [[Members of the 1st National Assembly for Wales|1st National Assembly for Wales]] |budget = |incoming_formation = |outgoing_formation = |previous = |successor = [[Interim Rhodri Morgan administration]] }}
The '''Michael administration''' was formed by [[Alun Michael]] following the [[1999 National Assembly for Wales election]] and was a [[Welsh Labour Party|Labour]] [[minority administration]].<ref name="1st National Assembly for Wales">{{cite news |title=First Assembly |url=https://www.assembly.wales/en/bus-home/research/bus-assembly-publications-monitoring-services/Pages/key-events-first-assembly.aspx |url-status=dead |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 |archive-date=1 February 2020 |accessdate=13 December 2018 |publisher=National Assembly for Wales}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=1999-05-12 |title=No place in Welsh Cabinet for Ron Davies |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/1999/may/12/wales.devolution1 |access-date=2024-08-14 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
== Cabinet == {| class="wikitable" |- style="border-bottom: 2px solid gray;" !style="width: 390px"|Office ! Portrait|| colspan="2" |Name || Term || Party |- |'''[[First Minister for Wales|First Secretary]]''' |[[File:Alun Michael official portrait.jpg|142x142px]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Alun Michael]]'''||1999–2000<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-14 |title=Alun Michael |url=https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/ministers-reflect/alun-michael |access-date=2025-09-25 |website=Institute for Government |language=en}}</ref>||[[Welsh Labour|Labour]] |- |'''Secretary for Agriculture and the Rural Economy''' |[[File:Christinegwyther.jpg|134x134px]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Christine Gwyther]]'''||1999–2000||[[Welsh Labour|Labour]] |- |'''Secretary for Economic Development and European Affairs''' |[[File:Rhodri Morgan (assemblée nationale pour le pays de Galles).jpg|138x138px]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Rhodri Morgan]]'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rt Hon Rhodri Morgan : Development & Alumni Relations, Aberystwyth University |url=https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/development/alumni/obituaries/obituary-profiles/rhodri-morgan/ |access-date=2025-09-25 |website=www.aber.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref>||1999–2000||[[Welsh Labour|Labour]] |- |'''[[Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills|Secretary for Education]]''' |[[File:Official portrait of Rosemary Butler AM.jpg|135x135px]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Rosemary Butler (politician)|Rosemary Butler]]'''||1999–2000||[[Welsh Labour|Labour]] |- |'''[[Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills|Secretary for Education and Training (Post-16)]]''' |[[File:Tom Middlehurst, 1999.jpg|132x132px]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Tom Middlehurst]]'''||1999–2000||[[Welsh Labour|Labour]] |- |'''[[Minister for Finance|Secretary for Finance]]''' |[[File:Official portrait of Edwina Hart AM.jpg|139x139px]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Edwina Hart]]'''||1999–2000||[[Welsh Labour|Labour]] |- |'''[[Minister for Health and Social Services|Secretary for Health & Social Services]]''' |[[File:Official portrait of Jane Hutt AM.jpg|132x132px]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Jane Hutt]]'''||1999–2000||[[Welsh Labour|Labour]] |- |'''Secretary for Local Government and Regeneration''' |[[File:Official portrait of Peter Law AM.jpg|125x125px]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Peter Law]]'''||1999–2000||[[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 Andrew Davies AM.jpg|136x136px]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Andrew Davies (Labour politician)|Andrew Davies]]'''||1999–2000||[[Welsh Labour|Labour]] |- |}
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