Jeremy Miles | |
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.jpg) Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care | |
| Assumed office 11 September 2024 | |
| First Minister | Eluned Morgan |
| Preceded by | Mark Drakeford |
| Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language | |
| In office 21 March 2024 – 16 July 2024 | |
| First Minister | Vaughan Gething |
| Preceded by | Vaughan Gething (Economy) Himself (Welsh Language) |
| Succeeded by | Ken Skates (Economy) |
| Minister for Education and Welsh Language | |
| In office 13 May 2021 – 20 March 2024 | |
| First Minister | Mark Drakeford |
| Preceded by | Kirsty Williams (Education) Eluned Morgan (Welsh Language) |
| Succeeded by | Lynne Neagle |
| Minister for European Transition | |
| In office 13 December 2018 – 13 May 2021 | |
| First Minister | Mark Drakeford |
| Preceded by | Mark Drakeford |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Counsel General for Wales | |
| In office 16 November 2017 – 13 May 2021 | |
| First Minister | Carwyn Jones Mark Drakeford |
| Preceded by | Mick Antoniw |
| Succeeded by | Mick Antoniw |
| Member of the Senedd for Neath | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Gwenda Thomas |
| Majority | 5,221 (18.9%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 1971 (age 53) Pontarddulais, Wales |
| Political party | Labour Co-op |
| Residence(s) | Swansea Valley, Wales |
| Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
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Jeremy Miles (born August 1971) is a Welsh Labour Co-op politician serving as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care since September 2024.
He previously served in the Welsh Government as Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language from March to July 2024,[1][2] Counsel General for Wales from 2017 to 2021, Brexit Minister from 2018 to 2021, and the Minister for coordinating Wales’ recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2021.[3] Miles has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Neath since 2016.
In December 2023 Miles became one of two candidates in the Welsh Labour leadership election to replace Mark Drakeford as party leader, losing to Vaughan Gething.[4]
- ^ "First Minister Vaughan Gething announces new Welsh Government Cabinet | GOV.WALES". www.gov.wales. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Four members of Welsh government quit, calling for First Minister Vaughan Gething to resign". BBC News.
- ^ "Jeremy Miles MS: Counsel General and Minister for European Transition". Gov.Wales. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "Welsh Labour leadership: Vaughan Gething set to become Wales' first minister". BBC News. 16 March 2024.