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The third Morgan government (26 May 2007 – 19 July 2007) was a
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Labour minority government in
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. Having won the largest number of seats in the 2007 general election (26 out of 60) the Labour Party sought to form a coalition with a smaller party. However, this proved impossible, with all the other parties discussing a possible anti-Labour coalition. The Labour Party chose to go into minority government, and
Rhodri Morgan Hywel Rhodri Morgan (29 September 1939 – 17 May 2017) was a Welsh Labour politician who was the First Minister of Wales and the Leader of Welsh Labour from 2000 to 2009. He was also the Assembly Member for Cardiff West from 1999 to 2011 and ...
was re-elected
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on 26 May 2007.


Cabinet


Junior ministers


See also

* Members of the 3rd National Assembly for Wales


References

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