Ahead of the Welsh leadership election in March, and on his final visit to Brussels before he stands down as First Minister, Professor Drakeford will reflect on his time as First Minister and the importance of international engagement, particularly in Europe, in delivering the Welsh Government’s ambitious policy agenda. The First Minister will also give his perspectives on how a future model of devolution in the UK could look, and what that might mean for Wales’ ambitions as a European Nation.
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Mark was born and brought up in west Wales before moving to Cardiff more than 30 years ago. Since then he has lived in the Pontcanna area of Cardiff. A former probation officer, youth justice worker and Barnardos project leader in Ely and Caerau, he has been a professor of Social Policy and Applied Social Sciences at Cardiff University. Mark has also taught previously at Swansea University.
In the 1980s and 1990s Mark was a Labour Councillor on South Glamorgan County Council, specialising in education issues, including Welsh medium education. Between 2000 and 2010 he worked as the Cabinet’s health and social policy adviser at the Welsh Government, and was latterly head of the First Minister’s political office. He has a 40 year knowledge of the Cardiff West constituency.
Mark became the Assembly Member for Cardiff West in May 2011. He was Chair of the Assembly’s Health and Social Care Committee from July 2011 – March 2013 and of the All-Wales Programme Monitoring Committee for European funds from July 2011 – March 2013. He was appointed Minister for Health and Social Services in March 2013. He was appointed Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government in May 2016. Mark was appointed Cabinet Secretary for Finance on 3 November 2017. On 12 December 2018 Mark was appointed First Minister of Wales and became a member of the Privy Council on 13 February 2019. Mark was appointed First Minister on 13 May 2021.
Rt Hon Mark Drakeford MS
First Minister of Wales
Biography to follow
Mared Gwyn Jones
Moderator
The event will take place on the 28th February 2024 at the Press Club, Brussels.
08.00 Doors open with breakfast served
08.30 Speech from the First Minister followed by a Q&A
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