Rebecca Evans (politician)

Rebecca Evans MS
Official portrait, 2016
Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office[a]
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 December 2018
First Minister	Mark Drakeford Vaughan Gething
Preceded by	Mark Drakeford
Minister for Local Government
In office 13 May 2021 – 20 March 2024
First Minister	Mark Drakeford
Preceded by	Julie James
Succeeded by	Julie James
Trefnydd of the Senedd
In office 13 December 2018 – 13 May 2021
First Minister	Mark Drakeford
Preceded by	Julie James
Succeeded by	Lesley Griffiths
Minister for Housing and Regeneration
In office 3 November 2017 – 13 December 2018
First Minister	Carwyn Jones
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Hannah Blythyn
Minister for Social Services and Public Health
In office 19 May 2016 – 3 November 2017
First Minister	Carwyn Jones
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Huw Irranca-Davies (Children and Social Care)
Deputy Minister for Farming and Food
In office 8 July 2014 – 19 May 2016
First Minister	Carwyn Jones
Preceded by	Alun Davies (Agriculture)
Succeeded by	Hannah Blythyn (Minister for the Environment)
Member of the Senedd for Gower
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2016
Preceded by	Edwina Hart
Majority	4,795 (14.4%)
Member of the Senedd for Mid and West Wales
In office 5 May 2011 – 6 May 2016
Preceded by	Alun Davies
Succeeded by	Eluned Morgan
Personal details
Born	(1976-08-02) 2 August 1976 (age 47)[citation needed] Bridgend, Wales
Political party	Welsh Labour and Co-operative
Alma mater	Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University of Leeds

Rebecca Mary Evans (born 2 August 1976) is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician who has served as Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office since 2024. She was previously Minister for Finance from 2018 to 2024.^[1] Evans has served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Gower since 2016,^[2] and a Member for Mid and West Wales from 2011 to 2016.

Evans has previously served in the Welsh Government as the Deputy Minister for Farming and Food (2014–16), Minister for Social Care and Public Health (2016–17) and Minister for Housing and Regeneration (2017–18). She was Trefnydd (Leader) of the Senedd from 2018 to 2021.

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