The second Jones government (11 May 2011 – 19 May 2016) was a

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. Having won the largest number of seats in the 2011 general election (30 out of 60) the Labour sought to form a minority government, having previously governed in coalition with

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was re-elected

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in May 2011 and continued to serve up to and beyond the 2016 election. During the five years of this government there were two significant reshuffles (March 2013 and September 2014) as well as two departures from the Cabinet, both of which led to widespread changes in personnel and in ministerial titles and responsibilities. This government was the first since the 2011 referendum on primary law making powers and thus passed the first Welsh Law without the expressed consent of Westminster. The Welsh Government under Carwyn Jones also purchased and nationalised

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during this period.

Cabinet

Junior Ministers

Changes

A significant reshuffle occurred on 8 March 2013, in which

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entered the cabinet as Health Minister. Following the resignation of Leighton Andrews from the cabinet in June 2103 Jeff Cuthbert was promoted to the cabinet and Vaughan Gething and Ken Skates become junior ministers. Alun Davies was sacked from the government on 8 July 2014, his responsibilities were temporarily restructured with some going to Rebecca Evans who joined the government as a junior minister. These responsibilities were further altered in a final significant reshuffle occurred on 11 September 2014 where

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, John Griffiths and

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all left the government and

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returned to government while

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became a junior minister.

References

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Cabinet

Junior Ministers

Changes

See also

References