Welsh Labour politician, Former First Minister of Wales
The Right Honourable
Rhodri Morgan
Official portrait, c. 2000
First Minister of Wales[a]
In office 15 February 2000 – 10 December 2009 Acting: 9 February 2000 – 15 February 2000
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Deputy
Michael German Jenny Randerson (Acting) Ieuan Wyn Jones
Preceded by
Alun Michael
Succeeded by
Carwyn Jones
Leader of Welsh Labour
In office 9 February 2000 – 1 December 2009
UK party leader
Tony Blair Gordon Brown
Preceded by
Alun Michael
Succeeded by
Carwyn Jones
Member of the Welsh Assembly for Cardiff West
In office 6 May 1999 – 5 May 2011
Preceded by
Constituency established
Succeeded by
Mark Drakeford
Member of Parliament for Cardiff West
In office 11 June 1987 – 14 May 2001
Preceded by
Stefan Terlezki
Succeeded by
Kevin Brennan
Personal details
Born
Hywel Rhodri Morgan
(1939-09-29)29 September 1939 Roath, Cardiff, Wales
Died
17 May 2017(2017-05-17) (aged 77) Wenvoe, Wales
Political party
Welsh Labour
Spouse
Julie Edwards
(m. 1967)
Children
3
Parent(s)
T. J. Morgan Huana Rees
Relatives
Prys Morgan (brother) Garel Rhys (second cousin)
Alma mater
St John's College, Oxford Harvard University
Cabinet
Interim government
1st Morgan government
2nd Morgan government
3rd Morgan government
4th Morgan government
Signature
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Rhodri Morgan
MP for Cardiff West
AM for Cardiff West
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Early career
Parliamentary career
Personal life
First Minister of Wales
Premiership
"Clear red water"
Interim government
First government
Second government
2003 re-election
Third and Fourth governments
2007 re-election
One Wales
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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 the Member of Parliament for Cardiff West from 1987 to 2001. He remains the longest-serving First Minister of Wales, having served in the position for 9 years and 304 days. He was Chancellor of Swansea University from 2011 until his death in 2017.
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