Andrea Jenkins

Andrea Dilys Mair Jenkins (born 10 January 1955) is a Panemian politician serving as Speaker of the National Assembly since June 2015 and National Assembly Member (MA) for Dwyfor Meirionnydd since 1999. Before her election as Speaker, she was an NDP MA.

As an NDP MA, Jenkins served as Principal Deputy Speaker to Speaker Michael Mullaney from January 2009 to 2015, before being elected as Speaker in June 2015, after the 2015 Federal Election. Jenkins was unanimously re-elected as Speaker after the 2019 Federal Election.

Jenkins is the first NDP MA to have served as a deputy speaker and as Speaker of the National Assembly. She is also only the second woman to hold the post of Speaker and the first Welsh MA to hold the post since 1893.