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            <text>&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Elizabeth R&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories QUEEN, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, to Our Trusty and Well-beloved Mark Drakeford&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Greeting!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;WHEREAS by section 46 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (“the said Act”) It is amongst other things enacted that there shall be an office of First Minister for Wales (“the First Minister”) who shall be appointed by Us and who shall hold office at Our pleasure;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AND WHEREAS it is provided by section 47(1) of the said Act that the National Assembly for Wales (“the Assembly”) must before the end of twenty-eight days after one of the events occurring as set out in section 47(2) of the said Act nominate an Assembly member for appointment by Us as the First Minister;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AND WHEREAS the Assembly has in accordance with the said Act resolved to nominate you the said Mark Drakeford for appointment as the First Minister:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;NOW KNOW YE that We pursuant to the powers vested in Us by the said Act have appointed you the said Mark Drakeford to the office of the First Minister with effect from the twelfth day of December 2018.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;GIVEN at Our Court at &lt;em&gt;Saint James’s&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;on the &lt;em&gt;22nd&lt;/em&gt; day of &lt;em&gt;January 2019&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;in the Sixty-seventh year of Our Reign.&lt;br /&gt;By Her Majesty’s Command.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;ELIZABETH YR AIL, drwy Ras Duw BRENHINES Teyrnas Unedig Prydain Fawr a Gogledd Iwerddon ac ein Teyrnasoedd eraill, Pennaeth y Gymanwlad, Amddiffynnydd y Ffydd, at Ein Mark Drakeford Anwylaf a Ffyddlon&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Henffych well!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;GAN y deddfwyd drwy adran 46 o Ddeddf Llywodraeth Cymru 2006 (“y Ddeddf a enwyd”) ymhlith pethau eraill y bydd swydd Prif Weinidog Cymru (“y Prif Weinidog”) a benodir gennym Ni ac a fydd yn swydd fel y rhyddo bodd i Ni;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A CHAN y darperir gan adran 47(1) o’r Ddeddf a enwyd fod Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru (“y Cynulliad”), cyn pen wyth ar hugain diwrnod ar ôl un o’r digwyddiadau a nodir yn adran 47(2) o’r Ddeddf a enwyd, enwebu aelod o’r Cynulliad i’w benodi gennym Ni yn Brif Weinidog;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A CHAN FOD y Cynulliad wedi penderfynu yn unol â’r Ddeddf a enwyd i enwebu chi’r dywededig Mark Drakeford i’ch penodi yn Brif Weinidog:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;GWYBYDDWCH YN AW R bod Ni yn unol â’r pwerau a freiniwyd Ynom gan y Ddeddf a enwyd wedi eich penodi chi’r dywededig Mark Drakeford i swydd y Prif Weinidog a hynny’n effeithiol o ddeuddegfed dydd Rhagfyr 2018.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;RHODDWYD yn Ein llys yn &lt;em&gt;San Siôr&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ar y &lt;em&gt;22ain&lt;/em&gt; diwrnod o &lt;em&gt;Ionawr 2019&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yn y seithfed flwyddyn a thrigain o’n Teyrnasiad.&lt;br /&gt;Drwy Orchymyn Ei Mawrhydi.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align:center;margin-top:2em;"&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;David Gauke&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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              <text>Benjamin Lewis, "The Appointment of Ministers of the Crown and Other Public Bodies," &lt;em&gt;benl.co.uk :: Blog, &lt;/em&gt;https://blog.benl.co.uk/2020/02/the-appointment-of-ministers-of-crown.html.</text>
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