Lesley Griffiths

{{for2|the Labour peer|Leslie Griffiths|the American journalist|Leslie Griffith}}

{{Short description|Welsh politician (born 1960)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2017}}

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| name = Lesley Griffiths

| honorific-suffix = MS

| image = Official portrait of Lesley Griffiths (cropped).jpg

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| caption = Official portrait, 2024

| office1 = Trefnydd of the Senedd

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| firstminister1 = Mark Drakeford

| term_start1 = 13 May 2021

| term_end1 = 21 March 2024

| predecessor1 = Rebecca Evans

| successor1 = Jane Hutt

| office3 = Minister for Rural Affairs{{efn|Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs from May 2016 to November 2017; Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning, and Rural Affairs from November 2017 to December 2018; Minister for Environment, Energy, and Rural Affairs from December 2018 to May 2021; Minister for Rural Affairs from May 2021 to March 2024}}

| term_start3 = 19 May 2016

| term_end3 = 21 March 2024

| firstminister3 = Carwyn Jones
Mark Drakeford

| predecessor3 = Carl Sargeant

| successor3 = Huw Irranca-Davies

| office4 = Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty

| firstminister4 = Carwyn Jones

| term_start4 = 11 September 2014{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-29156951|title=Leighton Andrews rejoins cabinet in reshuffle|date=11 September 2014|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}

| term_end4 = 19 May 2016

| predecessor4 = Jeffrey Cuthbert

| successor4 = Carl Sargeant

| office5 = Minister for Local Government and Government Business

| firstminister5 = Carwyn Jones

| term_start5 = 14 March 2013{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-21789790|title=Welsh government reshuffle: Mark Drakeford new health minister|date=14 March 2013|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}

| term_end5 = 11 September 2014

| predecessor5 = Carl Sargeant

| successor5 = Leighton Andrews (Public Services)
Jane Hutt (Government Business)

| office6 = Minister for Health and Social Services

| term_start6 = 11 May 2011

| term_end6 = 14 March 2013

| firstminister6 = Carwyn Jones

| predecessor6 = Edwina Hart

| successor6 = Mark Drakeford

| office7 = Member of the Senedd
for Wrexham

| majority7 = 1,350 (6.0%)

| term_start7 = 3 May 2007

| term_end7 =

| predecessor7 = John Marek

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1960}}

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| party = Welsh Labour

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| occupation = Political Advisor

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| website = [https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20120222010301/http://www.welshlabour.org.uk/assembly-members/lesley-griffiths/ Welsh Labour]

| footnotes =

| office = Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice

| firstminister = Vaughan Gething

| term_start = 21 March 2024

| term_end = 16 July 2024

| predecessor = Jane Hutt

| successor = Jane Hutt

| office2 = Minister for North Wales

| successor2 = Ken Skates

| predecessor2 = Ken Skates

| termstart2 = 13 May 2021

| termend2 = 20 March 2024

| firstminister2 = Mark Drakeford

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Susan Lesley Griffiths (born 1960) is a Welsh Labour{{cite web|url=https://senedd.wales/en/memhome/Pages/MemberProfile.aspx?mid=154|title=Member Profile|website=Welsh Parliament}} politician who was Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice from March to July 2024.{{Cite web |last=Mosalski |first=Ruth |date=2024-03-21 |title=Vaughan Gething confirms new-look Welsh Government cabinet |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/live-updates-vaughan-gething-confirms-28859505 |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=Wales Online |language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cleyl8ln66et|title=Four members of Welsh government quit, calling for First Minister Vaughan Gething to resign|website=BBC News}} 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.

In 2011, she was appointed Minister for Health and Social Services.{{cite web|url=http://wales.gov.uk/newsroom/firstminister/2011/cabinet/?lang%3Den |title=Welsh Government | "New Team Delivers for Wales" |accessdate=2011-05-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522112834/http://wales.gov.uk/newsroom/firstminister/2011/cabinet/?lang=en |archivedate=22 May 2011 }} She was then appointed Minister for Local Government and Government Business in March 2013. In September 2014 she was appointed Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty.{{cite web|url=http://wales.gov.uk/about/cabinet/cabinetm/lesleygriffiths?lang%3Den |title=Welsh Government | Lesley Griffiths AM |accessdate=2013-04-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822202552/http://wales.gov.uk/about/cabinet/cabinetm/lesleygriffiths?lang=en |archivedate=22 August 2012 }} Following the 2016 election, she was appointed Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs following her own re-election.{{cite web|url=http://gov.wales/about/cabinet/cabinetm/lesley-griffiths?lang=en |title=Lesley Griffiths MS: Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs |publisher=Gov.Wales |date= |accessdate=2021-05-11}} She retained her post in a Welsh Government Cabinet reshuffle in November 2017, but with a revised portfolio of Energy, Planning, and Rural Affairs{{cite web |url= http://gov.wales/about/cabinet/cabinetstatements/2017/ministerialchanges/?lang=en |title= Welsh Government {{!}} Written Statement – Ministerial changes |website= gov.wales |language= EN |access-date= 2017-11-13}} with Hannah Blythyn becoming her Deputy Minister for the Environment.