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Rebecca EvansMS
Official portrait, 2024
Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 September 2024
First Minister	Eluned Morgan
Preceded by	Ken Skates
Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office
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 for Gower
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2016
Preceded by	Edwina Hart
Majority	4,795 (14.4%)
Member of the Senedd for Mid 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 48) Bridgend, Wales
Political party	Welsh Labour and Co-operative
Alma mater	Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University of Leeds

Rebecca Mary Evans (born 2 August 1976) is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician who has served as Cabinet Secretary for the Economy, Energy and Planning since September 2024. She previously served as Cabinet Secretary for Finance from 2018 to 2024, and for the Constitution and Cabinet Office in 2024. Evans has served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Gower since 2016, and a Member for Mid and West Wales from 2011 to 2016.

Evans has previously served in other roles in the Welsh 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 was Trefnydd (Leader) of the Senedd from 2018 to 2021.

Early life and career

Evans was born in Bridgend, Wales in 1976. She obtained a BA degree in history at the University of Leeds, and an MPhil in Historical Studies at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.

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.

Member of the Senedd

Evans was elected in 2011 as one of four regional MSs representing Mid and West Wales in the Senedd for Labour. At the 2016 election, she was elected as the Labour Co-operative member for the Gower constituency and was re-elected in 2021.

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.

Ministerial career

On 8 July 2014, Evans joined the Welsh Government as the Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, in a minor reshuffle following the sacking of Alun Davies. The office was renamed to Deputy Minister for Farming and Food in September 2014.

Following the 2016 Assembly election, she was appointed to the new role of Minister 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.

In December 2018, Evans joined Mark Drakeford's first Cabinet as the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd (Leader) of the Senedd.

Evans introduced and was the government minister responsible for the Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Act 2022 which allowed the Welsh government to amend tax law using statutory instruments.

References

1. "First Minister Vaughan Gething announces new Welsh Government Cabinet | GOV.WALES". www.gov.wales. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
2. ^ Rebecca Evans AM, National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
3. https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/21173401/INQ000190666.pdf&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiusqHNzoyDAxXUWUEAHTeLBlEQFnoECAQQAg&usg=AOvVaw1EqDuU7UqHfxY4JGh54LOu
4. VOTE 2011 – Wales elections – Mid and West Wales, BBC News, 6 May 2011. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
5. "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Co-operative Party. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
6. "Environment Minister Alun Davies sacked from Welsh government". BBC Wales. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
7. "Leighton Andrews rejoins cabinet in reshuffle". BBC News. 11 September 2014.
8. Williamson, David (3 November 2017). "Carwyn Jones has reshuffled his cabinet and one former minister is suspended". WalesOnline. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
9. "Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Act 2022". Senedd Cymru. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

Notes

1. As Minister for Finance until 20 March 2024 when she assumed responsibilities for the Constitution from Mick Antoniw and was given the additional portfolio of the Cabinet Office

External links

• Media related to Rebecca Evans at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website
• Rebecca Evans MS on the Welsh Government website.

• 1976 births
• Living people
• People from Bridgend
• Alumni of the University of Leeds
• Alumni of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
• Welsh Labour members of the Senedd
• Labour Co-operative members of the Senedd
• Wales AMs 2011–2016
• Wales MSs 2016–2021
• Wales MSs 2021–2026
• Ministers for finance of Wales
• Female finance ministers