Interim Rhodri Morgan administration

Interim Morgan administration
File:Flag of Wales 2.svg 2nd devolved administration of Wales
9 February 2000 – 16 October 2000
File:Rhodri Morgan official portrait (cropped).jpg
Date formed	9 February 2000
Date dissolved	16 October 2000
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
First Minister	Rhodri Morgan
Member party	Labour
Status in legislature	Minority 28 / 60 (47%)
Opposition party	Plaid Cymru
Opposition leader	Dafydd Wigley Ieuan Wyn Jones
History
Legislature term	1st National Assembly for Wales
Predecessor	Michael administration
Successor	First Rhodri Morgan government

The interim Rhodri Morgan administration was a temporary government of Wales formed on 9 February 2000 by Rhodri Morgan, following the resignation of Alun Michael as First Secretary, which was pre-empted by a vote of no-confidence by Plaid Cymru.

Rhodri Morgan was named as Acting First Secretary on 9 February and confirmed as the permanent First Secretary on 15 February 2000. This Ministry ran until Morgan formed a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats in October 2000.

This administration was always viewed as temporary and Labour had mooted looking for a coalition partner following their perceived poor showing in the 1999 election.

Cabinet

Office	Portrait	Name		Term	Party
First Secretary of Wales and Secretary for Economic Development	File:Rhodri Morgan (assemblée nationale pour le pays de Galles).jpg		Rhodri Morgan*	9 February - 16 October	Labour
Minister for Assembly Business	File:Official portrait of Andrew Davies AM.jpg		Andrew Davies*	22 February - 16 October	Labour
Finance Secretary	File:Official portrait of Edwina Hart AM.jpg		Edwina Hart**	22 February - 16 October	Labour
Secretary for Post 16 Education and Training	File:Tom Middlehurst, 1999.jpg		Tom Middlehurst***	22 February - 9 October	Labour
Minister for Health and Social Services	File:Official portrait of Jane Hutt AM.jpg		Jane Hutt*	22 February - 16 October	Labour
Secretary for Education and Children	File:Official portrait of Rosemary Butler AM.jpg		Rosemary Butler***	22 February - 16 October	Labour
Secretary for Agriculture and Rural Development	File:Christinegwyther.jpg		Christine Gwyther	22 February - 23 July	Labour
	File:Official portrait of Carwyn Jones AM.jpg		Carwyn Jones**	23 July - 16 October	Labour
Secretary for Local Government and Housing	File:Peterlaw.jpg		Peter Law***	22 February - 16 October	Labour
Secretary for Environment, Planning and Transport	File:Sue Essex 1999.png		Sue Essex**	22 February - 16 October	Labour
Office holders given special provisions to attend Cabinet:
Chief Whip	File:Official portrait of Karen Sinclair AM.jpg		Karen Sinclair	22 February - 16 October	Labour

* Indicates that the individual kept the same or similar job in the next government.
** Indicates that the individual was moved to a new job in the next government.
*** Indicates that the individual was either sacked or quit and held no ministerial role in the next government.

Deputy Secretaries

Deputy Secretaries prior to the enactment of the Government of Wales Act 2006 were not officially part of the Government, were not paid and received limited official support.

Office	Portrait	Name		Term	Party
Deputy Secretary for Health and Social Services	File:Alun Pugh.jpg		Alun Pugh**	23 February 2000 - 17 October 2000	Labour
Deputy Secretary for Agriculture, Local Government and Environment	File:Official portrait of Carwyn Jones AM.jpg		Carwyn Jones	23 February 2000 - 23 July 2000	Labour
	File:Delyth Evans.png		Delyth Evans*	24 July 2000 - 17 October 2000	Labour
Deputy Secretary for Education and the Economy	File:Official portrait of Christine Chapman AM.jpg		Christine Chapman***	23 February 2000 - 17 October 2000	Labour

* Indicates that the individual kept the same or similar job in the next government.
** Indicates that the individual was moved to a new job in the next government.
*** Indicates that the individual was either sacked or quit and held no ministerial role in the next government.

All job titles and dates are taken from the History of The National Assembly section of their website

Aftermath

Between February and October 2000 Rhodri Morgan's Labour Party had 28 of the Assembly's 60 seats. The six Liberal Democrat seats would provided a comfortable working majority.

Developments quickly occurred during the autumn of 2000 culminating in Tom Middlehurst resigning as Secretary for post-16 education on 9 October claiming he could not “contemplate sitting down at the Cabinet table with the Liberal Democrats”.

A new coalition government (the coalition used the term government rather than administration; officially referred to as the Coalition Partnership) was officially announced on 5 October 2000 with policy details emerging the day later. Cabinet Ministers (the coalition replaced the title of Secretary with Minister) were then appointed on 16 October and Deputies on 17 October. That government lasted until the 2003 election.