Post: | Minister for Social Partnership |
Body: | Wales |
Flag: | Flag of Wales.svg |
Flagsize: | 50px |
Incumbent: | Jack Sargeant |
Department: | Welsh Government |
Style: | Welsh Deputy Minister |
Status: | Deputy Minister |
Abbreviation: | Deputy Minister |
Member Of: | Senedd |
Reports To: | the Senedd and the First Minister of Wales |
Seat: | Cardiff |
Nominator: | First Minister of Wales |
Appointer: | The Crown |
Termlength: | Five years |
Termlength Qualified: | Subject to elections to the Senedd which take place every five years |
First: | Hannah Blythyn MS |
The Minister for Social Partnership (Welsh: Y Gweinidog Partneriaeth Gymdeithasol) is a minister of the Welsh Government. The current officeholder is Jack Sargeant since July 2024.
Name | Picture | Entered office | Left office | Other offices held | Political party | Government | Notes | |
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Deputy Minister for Social Partnership | ||||||||
Hannah Blythyn | 13 May 2021 | 20 March 2024 | Labour | Second Drakeford government | [1] [2] [3] | |||
Minister for Social Partnership | ||||||||
Hannah Blythyn | 21 March 2024 | 16 May 2024[4] | Labour | Gething government | [5] | |||
Sarah Murphy | 17 May 2024 | 17 July 2024 | Labour | [6] | ||||
Jack Sargeant | 17 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | [7] |
See also: Politics of Wales and 2021 Senedd election.
The responsibilities of the post are:[8]
The post-holder led the development of the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act.[9] The post-holders responsibilities are similar to those of the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, which the deputy minister is under the authority of.[10]