Jane Hutt

Jane Hutt AM (born 15 December 1949) is a Welsh Labour politician and Minister in the Welsh Government. Hutt has represented the Vale of Glamorgan constituency since the National Assembly for Wales was established in 1999. She served as a government Minister continually from May 1999 until November 2017 making her at the time the longest serving Labour Government Minister in history, before being succeeded by former First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones., she was reappointed to government by First Minister Mark Drakeford in December 2018, to serve as Chief Whip, a role now assigned as a junior minister. She is due to overtake Carwyn Jones as the longest serving Welsh Minister in mid-2019.