Adam Price
Welsh Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy Minister; former Plaid Cymru leader 2018–2023.
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Can the man who built Plaid's economic platform now run Wales's economy?
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UK Local Elections 2026- Who is Adam Price the Welsh minister?
- Adam Price is Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy in Rhun ap Iorwerth's Plaid Cymru government, appointed 13 May 2026. He previously led Plaid Cymru from 2018 to 2023 and holds a PhD from Harvard.Source: Welsh Government
- What did Adam Price do as Plaid Cymru leader?
- As leader from 2018 to 2023, Price modernised Plaid's economic platform and built the progressive Coalition that delivered Plaid's 43-seat Senedd majority in May 2026 — the largest in the party's history.Source: Plaid Cymru
- What is Adam Price's economic policy for Wales?
- Price has championed devolved enterprise zones, improved east-west connectivity across Mid Wales, and a Welsh energy policy that captures renewable revenue for Welsh communities rather than exporting it to the National Grid.Source: Welsh Government
Background
Adam Price was appointed Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy in the Plaid Cymru minority government formed on 13 May 2026, after Rhun ap Iorwerth became Wales's first non-Labour First Minister in 27 years. Price is one of the most senior figures in the new administration and chairs the economic brief at a moment when Plaid must demonstrate competence in government to consolidate its historic Senedd majority.
Price served as Plaid Cymru leader from 2018 to 2023, the period in which he modernised the party's economic platform and built the Coalition of progressive Welsh opinion that ultimately delivered the 43-seat result. He has been MS for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr since 2016 (and MP for the same seat 2001–2010). His economics background — he holds a PhD from Harvard — has made him the principal author of Plaid's enterprise and infrastructure policy.
As minister he inherits a Welsh economy structurally dependent on public-sector employment, with lagging connectivity in rural constituencies. His appointment to the energy brief also places him at the centre of discussions over devolved energy policy at a moment when the UK Government's energy strategy is contested.
