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Eluned Morgan elected as First Minister of Wales
Eluned Morgan

THE Senedd elected Eluned Morgan as the first female First Minister of Wales today to succeed Vaughan Gething.

Baroness Morgan of Ely has previously been a member of the European Parliament and the House of Lords, before becoming a Senedd member on the Labour list for Mid and West Wales. 

Ms Morgan paid tribute to her predecessor, Mr Gething, as the first black FM of Wales.

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