Cabinet Secretary for Finance (Wales)

Cabinet Secretary for Finance
Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Gyllid (Welsh)
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Incumbent Mark Drakeford since 11 September 2024 (2024-09-11)
Member of	the Senedd Cabinet
Reports to	The First Minister
Appointer	The Crown
Formation	1999
First holder	Edwina Hart AM
Website	gov.wales/rt-hon-mark-drakeford-ms

The Cabinet Secretary for Finance (Welsh: Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Gyllid) is a member of the cabinet in the Welsh Government, responsible for the management of the budget, tax and borrowing, oversight of financial accounting and audit, and oversight of any Private Finance Initiative, amongst others.^[1] The current officeholder is Mark Drakeford since September 2024.

List of ministers

Name		Portrait	Term of office	Party	Title	First Minister
	Edwina Hart		1999 – 2003	Welsh Labour	Secretary for Finance	Alun Michael
						Rhodri Morgan
	Sue Essex		2003 – 3 May 2007	Welsh Labour	Minister for Finance and Local Government
	Jane Hutt		25 May 2007 – 19 July 2007	Welsh Labour	Minister for Budget and Business Management
	Andrew Davies		19 July 2007 – 9 December 2009	Welsh Labour	Minister for Finance and Public Service Delivery
	Jane Hutt		9 December 2009 – May 2016	Welsh Labour	Minister for Business and Budget (2009–11) Minister for Finance (2011–16)	Carwyn Jones
	Mark Drakeford		19 May 2016 – 13 December 2018	Welsh Labour	Cabinet Secretary for Finance
	Rebecca Evans		13 December 2018 – 11 September 2024	Welsh Labour	Minister for Finance Cabinet Secretary for Finance	Mark Drakeford
					Cabinet Secretary for Finance[2]	Vaughan Gething
	Mark Drakeford		11 September 2024[3] – Present	Welsh Labour	Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language	Eluned Morgan

References

1. "Welsh Government | Jane Hutt AM". Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
2. "Wales' new First Minister Vaughan Gething announces his cabinet". ITV News. 21 March 2024.
3. "Welsh government reshuffle: Miles back as minister after ousting Gething". BBC News. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.