Future Sustainable Development Leadership Lectures

 

Rt Hon Rhodri Morgan AM

First Minister for Wales

The First Minister for Wales, Rt Hon Rhodri Morgan AM will give a lecture on Thursday 6th December 2007.  The lecture will take place in the heart of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, Edinburgh.

The First Minister has agreed to outline the ambition of Wales to become more sustainable, together with how this amition can be converted into action and how the Welsh Government is currently achieving these goals.  This should provide a stimulating and diverse debate.

Biography in Brief

Rhodri Morgan is the Assembly Member for Cardiff West.  A fluent Welsh speaker, he was born in 1939 and is a graduate of Oxford and Harvard University.  He lists health, the environment, European Affairs and regional development among his political interests.  He is married to Julie Morgan, MP for Cardiff North, and they have one son and two daughters.

Initially a Tutor Organiser for the Workers Education Association (1963-1965), Rhodri Morgan was employed as a Research Officer for Cardiff City Council, the Welsh Office and the Department of the Environment (1965-1971), before becoming an Economic Adviser for the Department of Trade and Industry (1972-1974).  Between 1974-1980, he was Industrial Development Officer for South Glamorgan County Council before becoming Head of the European Commission Office in Wales (1980-1987).

Rhodri Morgan was elected to Parliament in 1987 but decided not to stand again in the General Election in June 2001.  During his time as a MP, he was Chairman of the House of Commons Select Committee on Public Administration (1997-99).  He served as the Opposition Front Bench Spokesman on Energy (1988-92) and Welsh Affairs (1992-97).

He was elected as the Assembly Member for Cardiff West in 1999 and was appointed as the Assembly Secretary for Economic Development & European Affairs.  He was appointed First Secretary of the National Assembly in February 2000 and retained responsibility for Economic Development matters until October 2000.  The title of his office changed to First Minister in October 2000.

He is a member of the European Affairs Committee and the South Wales Central Regional Committee.  He has been leader of the Labour Party in Wales since February 2000.  He was appointed to the Privy Council in July 2000.

Y Gwir Anrh Rhodri Morgan AC

PRIF WEINIDOG CYMRU

Rhodri Morgan yw’r Aelod Cynulliad ar gyfer Gorllewin Caerdydd.  Mae’n siaradwr Cymraeg rhugl, ac fe’i ganwyd yn 1939.  Graddiodd o Brifysgolion Rhydychen a Harvard.  Mae’n nodi iechyd, yr amgylchedd, Materion Ewropeaidd a datblygu rhanbarthol fel ei ddiddordebau gwleidyddol.  Mae’n briod â Julie Morgan, AS Gogledd Caerdydd, ac mai ganddynt mab a dwy ferch.

Cychwynnodd ei yrfa fel Trefnydd Tiwtoriaid i Gymdeithas Addysg y Gweithwyr (1963-1965), yna fe’i cyflogwyd fel Swyddog Ymchwil i Gyngor Sir Caerdydd, y Swyddfa Gymreig ac Adran yr Amgylchedd (1965-1971), cyn iddo symud i weithio fel Ymgynghorydd Economaidd i’r Adran Diwydiant a Masnach (1972-1974).  Rhwng 1974-1980, yr oedd yn Swyddog Datblygu Diwydiant i Gyngor Sir De Morgannwg cyn symud i fod yn Bennaeth y Comisiwn Ewropeaidd yng Nghymru (1980-1987).

Etholwyd Rhodri Morgan i’r Senedd ym 1987 ond penderfynodd beidio â sefyll yn yr Etholiad Cyffredinol ym mis Mehefin 2001.  Yn ystod ei gyfnod fel AS, bu’n Gadeirydd Pwyllgor Dethol T’r Cyffredin ar Weinyddiaeth Gyhoeddus (1997-99).  Bu’n gwasanaethu hefyd fel Llefarydd Main Flaen yr Wrthblaid ar Ynni (1988-92) a Materion Cymreig (1992-97).

Fe’i hetholwyd fel Aelod Cynulliad Gorllewin Caerdydd yn 1999 ac fe’i penodwyd yn Ysgrifennydd y Cynulliad dros Ddatblygu Economaidd a Materion Ewropeaidd. Fe’i penodwyd yn Brif Ysgrifennydd y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol ym mis Chwefror 2000 a barhaodd i fod yn gyfrifol am faterion Datblygu Ewropeaidd tan fis Hydref 2000.  Newidiwyd teitl ei swydd i Brif Weinidog Cymru ym mis Hydref 2000.

Y mai’n aelod o Bwyllgor Materion Ewropeaidd a hefyd o Bwyllgor Rhanbarth Canol De Cymru.  Y mae’n arweinydd y Blaid Lafur yng Nghymru ers Chwefror 2000.  Fe’i penodwyd i’r Cyfrin Gyngor ym mis Gorffennaf 2000.