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{{Short description|British politician (born 1967)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = The Baroness Morgan of Ely
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Right Honourable]]
| honorific-suffix    = [[Member of the Senedd|MS]]
| image               = Eluned Morgan AM (28136582086) (cropped).jpg
| office              = [[Minister for Health and Social Services]]
| term_start          = 13 May 2021
| term_end            = 
| firstminister       = [[Mark Drakeford]]
| predecessor         = [[Vaughan Gething]]
| office1             = [[Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing|Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing]]<!-- She was a Minister at the time, her successor became a deputy instead -->
| term_start1         = 8 October 2020
| term_end1           = 13 May 2021
| firstminister1      = Mark Drakeford
| predecessor1        = ''Office established''
| successor1          = [[Lynne Neagle]]
| office2             = [[Welsh Government|Minister for the Welsh Language]]{{efn|Deputy Minister for Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language from 3 November 2017 to 13 December 2018; Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language from 13 December 2018 to 8 October 2020; Welsh Language from 8 October 2020.}}
| term_start2         = 3 November 2017
| term_end2           = 13 May 2021
| firstminister2      = {{ubl|[[Carwyn Jones]]|Mark Drakeford}}
| predecessor2        = [[Alun Davies (politician)|Alun Davies]]
| successor2          = [[Jeremy Miles]]
| office3             = [[Member of the Senedd]] <br/> for [[Mid and West Wales (Senedd electoral region)|Mid and West Wales]]
| term_start3         = 5 May 2016
| term_end3           = 
| predecessor3        = [[Rebecca Evans (politician)|Rebecca Evans]]
| successor3          = 
| office4             = [[Member of the House of Lords]]<br/><small>[[Lords Temporal|Lord Temporal]]</small>
| term_start4         = 26 January 2011<br/><small>[[Life peer|Life Peerage]]</small>
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| office5             = [[Member of the European Parliament]] <br> for [[Wales (European Parliament constituency)|Wales]]
| parliament5         = 
| term_start5         = 10 June 1999
| term_end5           = 4 June 2009
| predecessor5        = ''Position established''
| successor5          = [[John Bufton]]
| party               = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]
| office6             = [[Member of the European Parliament]] <br> for [[Mid and West Wales (European Parliament constituency)|Mid and West Wales]]
| parliament6         = 
| term_start6         = 9 June 1994
| term_end6           = 10 June 1999
| predecessor6        = [[David Morris (Labour politician)|David Morris]]
| successor6          = ''Seat abolished''
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| birth_date          = {{b-da|16 February 1967}}
| birth_place         = Cardiff, Wales
| nationality         = Welsh
| spouse              = 
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| children            = 
| residence           = 
| alma_mater          = 
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| website             = [http://www.elunedmorgan.wales www.elunedmorgan.wales]
| caption             = Official portrait,  2016
}}

'''Mair Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely''' (born 16 February 1967) is a [[Welsh Labour]] politician serving as [[Minister for Health and Social Services]] in the [[Welsh Government]] since 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-05-13|title=Wales election: New health and education ministers in reshuffle|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-57070300|access-date=2021-05-13}}</ref> Morgan has served as a [[Member of the House of Lords]] since 2011 and as a [[Member of the Senedd]] (MS) since 2016. She was previously [[Welsh Government|Minister for the Welsh Language]] from 2017 to 2021, [[Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing|Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing]]<!-- She was a Minister at the time, her successor became a deputy instead --> from 2020 to 2021, and a [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) from 1994 to 2009.

From 2013–2016, Morgan served as the Shadow Minister for Wales in the House of Lords, and from 2014 to 2016 she served as Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and also as a whip.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-morgan-of-ely/4226 |title= Baroness Morgan of Ely |website= UK Parliament |language=en |access-date= 2017-10-20}}</ref> She was granted a peerage in 2011 and is formally known as Baroness Morgan of Ely.  She was responsible for leading for Labour in the House of Lords on the EU Referendum Bill and led for Labour on two Wales Bills.<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-38588142 |title= Labour AM Morgan backs Wales Bill |last= Deans |first=David |date=2017 |work= BBC News |access-date= 2017-10-20 |language= en-GB}}</ref>

Morgan is a former Member of the European Parliament who represented Wales for the Labour Party from 1994 to 2009. In this role she became the Labour spokesperson on industry, science and energy and spokesperson for the 200 strong Socialist Group on Budget Control matters. She authored the Green Paper on energy on behalf of the Parliament and led its discussions on the Electricity Directive where she ensured new rights for consumers and demanded that Member States of the EU addressed the issue of fuel poverty.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/2171/ELUNED_MORGAN_home.html |title= Eluned MORGAN {{!}} History of parliamentary service {{!}} MEPs {{!}} European Parliament |website= www.europarl.europa.eu |language= en |access-date= 2017-10-20}}</ref>

From late 2009 until July 2013, Morgan worked as the Director of National Business Development in Wales for SSE (SWALEC) one of the UK's largest energy companies. She was responsible for the establishment of the SWALEC Smart Energy Centre in [[Treforest]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business/business-news/swalec-celebrates-10-years-under-1904659|title=Swalec celebrates 10 years under SSE|last=Barry|first=Sion|date=2010-08-24|work=walesonline|access-date=2017-10-20}}</ref> She was also appointed as the Chair of the Cardiff Business Partnership.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business/business-news/baroness-morgan-appointed-new-chair-2029378|title=Baroness Morgan appointed new chair of Cardiff Business Partnership|last=Barry|first=Sion|date=2012-06-19|work=walesonline|access-date=2017-10-20}}</ref>

Morgan's political career started at the age of 27 when she was elected as the youngest Member of the European Parliament in 1994.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/former-mep-baroness-eluned-morgan-10586892|title=Former MEP Eluned Morgan on course to become an Assembly Member|last=Shipton|first=Martin|date=2015-12-11|work=walesonline|access-date=2017-10-20}}</ref> She was only the fifth woman elected to a full-time political position in the history of Wales, and the first full-time politician in Wales to have a baby whilst in office.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/eluned-morgan-step-down-mep-2146167|title=Eluned Morgan to step down as MEP|last=WalesOnline|date=2008-10-14|work=walesonline|access-date=2017-10-20}}</ref> Initially, she represented the constituency of Mid and West Wales, and was subsequently re-elected in 1999 and 2004 under the new proportional representation system representing the whole of Wales.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-morgan-of-ely/4226|title=Baroness Morgan of Ely|website=UK Parliament|language=en|access-date=2017-10-20}}</ref>

==Biography==
Eluned Morgan was born and brought up in [[Ely, Cardiff]], the daughter of [[Bob Morgan (priest and politician)|Revd Canon Bob Morgan]] and Elaine Morgan. <ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-12262673 | work=BBC News | title=Baroness Morgan of Ely's tribute to Cardiff childhood | date=23 January 2011}} {{verify source |date=September 2023 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/806271449 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/798114375 cite #2 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC_bot/Job_18]]}}</ref><sup>[3]</sup> Educated at [[Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf]],  she won a scholarship to the [[United World College of the Atlantic]] and gained a degree in European Studies from the [[University of Hull]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/29851/%28Mair%29-Eluned-Morgan-MORGAN-OF-ELY |title=(Mair) Eluned Morgan MORGAN OF ELY |publisher=[[Debrett's]] |accessdate=4 November 2015 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{verify source |date=September 2023 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/806271449 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/798114375 cite #1 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC_bot/Job_18]]}}</ref> Morgan formerly worked as a researcher for [[S4C]], Agenda TV and the [[BBC]].{{cn|date=June 2021}}

==European Parliament==
In 1990, she worked as a [[Intern|stagiaire]] in the European Parliament for the Socialist Group.

In 1994, Morgan was elected as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] representing [[Mid and West Wales (European Parliament constituency)|Mid and West Wales]]. At the time she was the youngest MEP when she took up her seat.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7670426.stm|title=MEP Eluned Morgan will step down|date=2008-10-14|access-date=2017-10-20|language=en-GB}}</ref> She continued as an MEP representing the [[Wales (European Parliament constituency)|Wales]] being elected at both the 1999 and 2004 elections.

Eluned Morgan served as the budget control spokesperson for the 180 strong [[Socialist Group in the European Parliament|Socialist Group]]. She was also the Labour Party's European spokesperson on Energy, Industry and Science.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/what-science-can-wales-2342637|title=What science can do for Wales|last=WalesOnline|date=2006-04-05|work=walesonline|access-date=2017-10-20}}</ref> She was responsible for drafting the European Parliament's response to the Energy Green Paper and also took the lead role in negotiating on behalf of the Parliament the revision of the Electricity Directive.

Morgan did not seek re-election at the 2009 European Parliament elections.

==After European Parliament==
On leaving the Parliament she worked as the Director of National Development for SSE in Wales ([[SWALEC]]) from 2009 to June 2013 where she was responsible for establishing the new [[SWALEC]] Smart Energy Centre in [[Treforest]]. She was appointed Chair of the Cardiff Business Partnership.

On 19 November 2010 it was announced that Morgan had been granted a [[life peerage]] and would sit on the Labour benches of the [[House of Lords]], <ref>{{cite web|title=Latest Peerages announced|url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/latest-news/2010/11/peerages-honours-and-appointments-2-57256|publisher=Number10.gov.uk|accessdate=27 February 2011}} {{verify source |date=September 2023 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/806271449 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/798114375 cite #4 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC_bot/Job_18]]}}</ref> and was gazetted on 27 January 2011 as '''Baroness Morgan of Ely''', of Ely in the [[City of Cardiff]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59682 |date=27 January 2011 |page=1357}} {{verify source |date=September 2023 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/806271449 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/798114375 cite #5 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC_bot/Job_18]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=HOUSE OF LORDS - Official Report | url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/ldhansrd/lhan101.pdf |work=Parliamentry Debates (HANSARD) | format= PDF | date= 2011-01-26 |access-date=2011-01-31}} {{verify source |date=September 2023 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/806271449 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/798114375 cite #6 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC_bot/Job_18]]}}</ref>

==Welsh Parliament and Welsh Government==
[[File:Cynhadledd i'r Wasg Press Conference - 04.11.20.webm|thumb|A video of Eluned Morgan takes the daily COVID-19 press conference in November 2020]]

In 2015 Morgan was selected as a candidate for the [[2016 National Assembly for Wales election|2016 Welsh election]] on the [[Mid and West Wales (Senedd electoral region)|Mid and West Wales]] regional list. <ref>Martin Shipton (11 December 2015) [http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/former-mep-baroness-eluned-morgan-10586892 "Former MEP Baroness Eluned Morgan on course to become an Assembly Member"], ''Wales Online''. Retrieved 2016-05-07. {{verify source |date=September 2023 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/806271449 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/798114375 cite #7 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC_bot/Job_18]]}}</ref> On 5 May 2016 she was elected from the regional list as an [[Member of the Senedd|Assembly Member]] in the [[Senedd]].

In November 2017 she was appointed Minister for Welsh Language and Lifelong Learning.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/full-details-carwyn-jones-welsh-13856565 |title=The full details of Carwyn Jones' Welsh Government reshuffle |last=Williamson |first=David |date=3 November 2017 |website=[[Walesonline]] |access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref> Morgan became the Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language in December 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2018-12-13/first-minister-mark-drakeford-appoints-new-welsh-cabinet/|title=First Minister Mark Drakeford appoints new cabinet|website=ITV News|language=en|access-date=2018-12-13}}</ref>

Morgan contested the [[2018 Welsh Labour leadership election]]. She was then appointed by First Minister [[Mark Drakeford]] as Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language before being moved to [[Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing|Minister for Mental Health, Wellbeing and the Welsh Language]]<!-- She was a Minister at the time, her successor became a deputy instead --> in October 2020.

==Personal and other==
Eluned Morgan served on the Welsh Labour Party Executive for ten years and was appointed to the Welsh Assembly Advisory Group, which was responsible for developing the standing orders of the Senedd. She was a founding member of the [[Yes for Wales]] Cross-party group, which campaigned for the Assembly to be established.

Morgan is a Fellow of [[Trinity College Carmarthen]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/research/art-and-design-research/good-health-wales/baroness-eluned-morgan-am/|title=Baroness Eluned Morgan AM - University of Wales Trinity Saint David|last=UWTSD|first=Web Development Team -|website=www.uwtsd.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-10-20}}</ref> and is an Honorary-Distinguished Professor and Fellow of Cardiff University.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/457329-morgan-eluned | title=Eluned Morgan }}</ref> She served on the board of the [[International Baccalaureate Organisation]] for three years.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} She was the Chair of the Cardiff Business Partnership.<ref>{{cite news |last=Barry |first=Sion |date=20 June 2012 |title=Baroness Morgan appointed new chair of Cardiff Business Partnership |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business/business-news/baroness-morgan-appointed-new-chair-2029378 |publisher=Wales Online |accessdate=24 November 2015}} {{verify source |date=September 2023 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/806271449 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/798114375 cite #9 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC_bot/Job_18]]}}</ref> She was a member of the External Advisory Board to the Wales Governance Centre.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/wgc/people/external-advisory-board/ |title=External Advisory Board, Wales Governance Centre |publisher=Cardiff University |accessdate=25 November 2015}} {{verify source |date=September 2023 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/806271449 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/798114375 cite #10 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC_bot/Job_18]]}}</ref> She served on the Council of [[Atlantic College]]. She was Chair of [[Live Music Now]] in Wales, a charity which sends talented young musicians to care homes and special schools and demonstrates the transformational impact of music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.livemusicnow.org.uk/board_of_governors |title=Board of Governors |publisher=Live Music Now |accessdate=29 November 2015}} {{verify source |date=September 2023 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/806271449 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/798114375 cite #11 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC_bot/Job_18]]}}</ref>

Morgan is married to Rev Dr Rhys Jenkins, who is a GP and also a non-stipendiary priest.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://llandaff.churchinwales.org.uk/news/2014/06/new-ministers-ordained-by-archbishop/|title=New ministers ordained by Archbishop - The Diocese of Llandaff|website=The Diocese of Llandaff|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-10-20}}</ref>

Morgan's family hails from St David's in Pembrokeshire.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.countyecho.co.uk/article.cfm?id=105162&headline=Eluned%20Morgan%20elected%20as%20regional%20AM&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2016|title=Eluned Morgan elected as regional AM|work=County Echo|access-date=2017-10-20|language=en}}</ref>

In March 2022, Morgan was banned from driving for 6 months for speeding on a 30mph road in Wrexham <ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-03-17 |title=Driving ban for Welsh Health Minister Eluned Morgan for speeding |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-60784261 |access-date=2022-03-27}}</ref>

In March 2023, the [[Welsh Conservatives]] have submitted a motion of no confidence in response to mounting criticism of Morgan's handling of the [[Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board|Betsi Cadwaladr]] crisis. Members of the Senedd opposed the vote. A total of 26 members supported it, while 29 opposed it.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-03-21 |title=Welsh NHS patients at risk, says former health boss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-65026015 |access-date=2023-03-30}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.elunedmorgan.co.uk/}}
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