Second Jones government

Second Jones government
7th devolved government of Wales
2011–2016
Date formed	11 May 2011
Date dissolved	2016
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
First Minister	Carwyn Jones
Member party	Labour
Status in legislature	Minority
History
Legislature term	4th National Assembly for Wales
Predecessor	First Jones government
Successor	Third Jones government

The second Jones government (11 May 2011 – 2016) was a Labour minority government.

Having won the largest number of seats in the 2011 general election (30 out of 60) the Labour sought to form a minority government. Carwyn Jones was re-elected First Minister in May 2011.

Cabinet

Office	Name		Term	Party	Image
First Minister	style="background-color: Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Rt. Hon Carwyn Jones AM	2011–2016	Labour
Minister for Finance Leader of the House	style="background-color: Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Jane Hutt AM	2011–2016	Labour
Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology & Science	style="background-color: Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Edwina Hart AM	2011–2016	Labour
Minister for Education and Skills	style="background-color: Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Leighton Andrews AM	2011-2016	Labour
Minister for Environment & Sustainable Development	style="background-color: Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color; width: 1px" |	John Griffiths AM	2011–2016	Labour
Minister for Health and Social Services	style="background-color: Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Lesley Griffiths AM	2011–2016	Labour
Minister for Housing, Regeneration & Heritage	style="background-color: Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Huw Lewis AM	2011–2016	Labour
Minister for Local Government & Communities	style="background-color: Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Carl Sargeant AM	2011–2016	Labour
Office holders given special provisions to attend Cabinet
Chief Whip	style="background-color: Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Janice Gregory AM	2011–2016	Labour
Counsel General for Wales	style="background-color: Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Theodore Huckle QC	2011–2016	Labour

Junior Ministers

Office	Name		Term	Party	Image
Deputy Minister for Children & Social Services	style="background-color: Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Gwenda Thomas AM	2011–2016	Labour
Deputy Minister for Skills	style="background-color: Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Jeff Cuthbert AM	2011–2016	Labour
Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries & European Programmes	style="background-color: Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Alun Davies AM	2011–2016	Labour

See also

• Members of the 4th National Assembly for Wales