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Lesley Griffiths

Lesley Griffiths
MS
Official portrait, 2024
Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
In office
21 March 2024 – 16 July 2024
First MinisterVaughan Gething
Preceded byJane Hutt
Succeeded byJane Hutt
Trefnydd of the Senedd
In office
13 May 2021 – 21 March 2024
First MinisterMark Drakeford
Preceded byRebecca Evans
Succeeded byJane Hutt
Minister for North Wales
In office
13 May 2021 – 20 March 2024
First MinisterMark Drakeford
Preceded byKen Skates
Succeeded byKen Skates
Minister for Rural Affairs[a]
In office
19 May 2016 – 21 March 2024
First MinisterCarwyn Jones
Mark Drakeford
Preceded byCarl Sargeant
Succeeded byHuw Irranca-Davies
Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty
In office
11 September 2014[1] – 19 May 2016
First MinisterCarwyn Jones
Preceded byJeffrey Cuthbert
Succeeded byCarl Sargeant
Minister for Local Government and Government Business
In office
14 March 2013[2] – 11 September 2014
First MinisterCarwyn Jones
Preceded byCarl Sargeant
Succeeded byLeighton Andrews (Public Services)
Jane Hutt (Government Business)
Minister for Health and Social Services
In office
11 May 2011 – 14 March 2013
First MinisterCarwyn Jones
Preceded byEdwina Hart
Succeeded byMark Drakeford
Member of the Senedd
for Wrexham
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 May 2007
Preceded byJohn Marek
Majority1,350 (6.0%)
Personal details
Born1960 (age 63–64)
Political partyWelsh Labour
OccupationPolitical Advisor
WebsiteWelsh Labour

Susan Lesley Griffiths (born 1960) is a Welsh Labour[3] politician who was Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice from March to July 2024.[4] [5] She previously served as Trefnydd of the Senedd and Minister for North Wales from 2021 to 2024, and Minister for Rural Affairs from 2016 to 2024. She worked as a secretary to John Marek and the constituency assistant to Ian Lucas, successive Members of Parliament for Wrexham, and was elected to the Senedd from the Wrexham constituency in 2007. She has held a number of cabinet positions in the Welsh Government. In December 2009 she was appointed Deputy Minister for Science, Innovation and Skills.[6]

In 2011, she was appointed Minister for Health and Social Services.[7] She was then appointed Minister for Local Government and Government Business in March 2013.[6] In September 2014 she was appointed Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty.[8] Following the 2016 election, she was appointed Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs following her own re-election.[6] She retained her post in a Welsh Government Cabinet reshuffle in November 2017, but with a revised portfolio of Energy, Planning, and Rural Affairs[9] with Hannah Blythyn becoming her Deputy Minister for the Environment.


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  1. ^ "Leighton Andrews rejoins cabinet in reshuffle". 11 September 2014 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Welsh government reshuffle: Mark Drakeford new health minister". 14 March 2013 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ^ "Member Profile". Welsh Parliament.
  4. ^ Mosalski, Ruth (21 March 2024). "Vaughan Gething confirms new-look Welsh Government cabinet". Wales Online. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Four members of Welsh government quit, calling for First Minister Vaughan Gething to resign". BBC News.
  6. ^ a b c "Lesley Griffiths MS: Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs". Gov.Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Welsh Government | "New Team Delivers for Wales"". Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  8. ^ "Welsh Government | Lesley Griffiths AM". Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  9. ^ "Welsh Government | Written Statement – Ministerial changes". gov.wales. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

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