Morgan and Elaine Morgan. [2][3] Educated at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf, she won a scholarship to the United World College of the Atlantic and gained a degree in European Studies from the University of Hull.[1] Morgan formerly worked as a researcher for S4C, Agenda TV and the BBC. European Parliament In 1990, she worked as a stagiaire in the European Parliament for the Socialist Group. In 1994, Morgan was elected as a Member of the European Parliament representing Mid and West Wales. At the time she was the youngest MEP when she took up her seat. She continued as an MEP representing the Wales being elected at both the 1999 and 2004 elections. Eluned Morgan served as the budget control spokesperson for the 180 strong Socialist Group. She was also the Labour Party's European spokesperson on Energy, Industry and Science. She was responsible for drafting the European Parliament's response to the Energy Green Paper and also took the lead role in negotiating on behalf of the Parliament the revision of the Electricity Directive. In 2007, she nominated Peter Hain as a candidate for Deputy Leader of the UK Labour Party. She stood down at the 2009 European Parliament elections. After European Parliament On leaving the Parliament she worked as the Director of National Development for SSE in Wales (SWALEC) from 2009 to June 2013 where she was responsible for establishing the new SWALEC Smart Energy Centre in Treforest. She was appointed Chair of the Cardiff Business Partnership. On 19 November 2010 it was announced that Morgan had been granted a life peerage and would sit on the Labour benches of the House of Lords, [4] and was gazetted on 27 January 2011 as Baroness Morgan of Ely, of Ely in the City of Cardiff.[5][6] Welsh Parliament and Welsh Government In 2015 Morgan was selected as a candidate for the 2016 Welsh election on the Mid and West Wales regional list. [7] On 5 May 2016 she was elected from the regional list as an Assembly Member in the Senedd. In November 2017 she was appointed Minister for Welsh Language and Lifelong Learning. Morgan became the Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language in December 2018. Morgan contested the 2018 Welsh Labour leadership election. She was then appointed by First Minister Mark Drakeford as Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language before being moved to Minister for Mental Health,