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Plaid Cymru’s Rhun ap Iorwerth voted first minister of Wales

Appointment confirmed by plenary vote in Senedd after party ended 100 years of Labour rule in last week’s electionRhun ap Iorwerth has been voted first minister of Wales after Plaid Cymru’s Senedd electoral victory ended 100 years of Labour hegemony and held off Reform UK.Ap Iorwerth was confirmed a...

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by Bethan McKernan Wales correspondent
Plaid Cymru’s Rhun ap Iorwerth voted first minister of Wales

Appointment confirmed by plenary vote in Senedd after party ended 100 years of Labour rule in last week’s election

Rhun ap Iorwerth has been voted first minister of Wales after Plaid Cymru’s Senedd electoral victory ended 100 years of Labour hegemony and held off Reform UK.

Ap Iorwerth was confirmed after a plenary vote on Tuesday with the support of the 43 Senedd members of his party and two Greens.

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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Bethan McKernan Wales correspondent.

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