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Mark Drakeford represented Pontcanna as a councilor from 1985 to 1993. After being an activist for the successful campaign for a Welsh National Assembly (now known as ''Senedd''), he was a failed candidate in the inaugural election for that body in 1999. He contested the seat of Cardiff Central.
Mark Drakeford represented Pontcanna as a councilor from 1985 to 1993. After being an activist for the successful campaign for a Welsh National Assembly (now known as ''Senedd''), he was a failed candidate in the inaugural election for that body in 1999. He contested the seat of Cardiff Central.
=== 2010s and rise to power ===
=== 2010s and rise to power ===
Drakeford was elected to the seat of Cardiff West in 2011.
Drakeford was elected to the seat of Cardiff West in 2011.<ref name="BBC who is" /> He was appointed health minister<ref name="BBC who is"> in 2013 by then-first minister [[Carwyn Jones]].
Drakeford became Leader of Welsh Labour in December 2018, and was elected as First Minister of Wales by way of a vote in the Senedd that same month.
Drakeford became Leader of Welsh Labour in December 2018, and was elected as First Minister of Wales by way of a vote in the Senedd that same month.