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The '''Welsh Government''' ({{lang-cy|Llywodraeth Cymru}}) is the [[Welsh devolution|devolved]] government of [[Wales]]. The government consists of ministers and [[Minister (government)|deputy ministers]]. It is led by the [[First Minister of Wales|first minister]], usually the leader of the largest party in the [[Senedd]] (Welsh Parliament; {{Lang-cy|Senedd Cymru}}), who selects ministers and deputy ministers with the approval of the Senedd. The government is responsible for [[Table (parliamentary procedure)|tabling]] policy in [[Devolved, reserved and excepted matters|devolved areas]] (such as health, education, economic development, transport and local government) for consideration by the Senedd and implementing policy that has been approved by it.<ref name="WG335">{{cite web |url= http://gov.wales/docs/caecd/publications/150917-quick-guide-en.pdf |title= Welsh Government: a quick guide |publisher= Welsh Government |date= 2015 |access-date= 13 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="WG336">{{cite web |url= http://gov.wales/about/cabinet/?lang=en |title= Welsh Government: about |publisher= Welsh Government |date=2016 |access-date= 22 May 2016}}</ref>
The current Welsh Government is a [[Gething government|Labour minority administration]], following the [[2021 Senedd election]]. [[Vaughan Gething]]
== History ==
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The 2006 Act made new provision for the appointment of Welsh ministers. The [[First Minister of Wales|first minister]] is nominated by the Senedd and then appointed by His Majesty the King. The first minister then appoints the Welsh ministers and the deputy Welsh ministers with the approval of the monarch. The Act created a new post of [[Counsel General for Wales]], the principal source of legal advice to the Welsh Government. The counsel general is appointed by the monarch, on the nomination of the first minister, whose recommendation must be agreed by the Senedd and who cannot be dismissed without the Senedd's consent, but automatically leaves office when a new first minister is nominated. The counsel general may be, but does not have to be, a member of the Senedd. The Act permits a maximum of 12 Welsh ministers, which includes deputy Welsh ministers, but excludes the first minister and the counsel general. Accordingly, the maximum size of the Welsh Government is 14.
In Acts of the Senedd and of the UK Parliament, the expression "the Welsh Ministers" is used to refer to the Welsh government in similar contexts to those where "the Secretary of State" would be used to refer to the British government; it is defined to include only the first minister and ministers, not the deputy ministers or the counsel general.<ref name=":1">Government of Wales Act 2006, s. 45(2). "... the First Minister and the Welsh Ministers appointed under section 48 ..."</ref>
=== 2011 referendum on law-making powers ===
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