Rebecca Evans (politician)

Evans obtained a BA degree in History at the University of Leeds.[1] She then attended Sidney Sussex College at the University of Cambridge where she received an MPhil degree in Historical Studies.[1]

Evans worked as Policy and Public Affairs Officer for a national charity representing disabled people and their families. She is also a former Welsh Labour Organiser for Mid and West Wales, and a former Senior Researcher and Communications Officer for an Assembly Member.

Evans was elected in 2011, as one of the four regional MSs representing Mid and West Wales in the Senedd.[3] At the 2016 election she was elected as the member for the Gower Constituency.

Between her election in 2011 and her promotion to ministerial office Evans served on the National Assembly for Wales’ Environment and Sustainable Development Committee and its Common Agricultural Policy Task and Finish Group, the Heath and Social Care Committee, and the Children, Young People and Education Committee. She has also served as chair of the Cross party group on Nursing and midwifery, the cross party group on mental health and was the co-chair of the cross party group on disability.

On 8 July 2014 she was appointed as the Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries in the Welsh Government,[4] in a minor reshuffle following the sacking of Alun Davies.[5] By September 2014 her role was renamed Deputy Minister for Farming and Food.[6][7] After the 2016 election, she was appointed Minister for Social Care and Public Health. She was further reshuffled in November 2017 to the new role of Minister for Housing and Regeneration.[8]

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