Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth becomes Wales' first minister

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David Deans, Wales political reporter and

Adrian Browne, Wales political reporter

Rhun ap Iorwerth is the first non-Labour leader of the Welsh government

Rhun ap Iorwerth has called becoming Welsh first minister "the greatest privilege of my life", and says Plaid Cymru's election victory shows "something has stirred in the soul of Wales".

Ap Iorwerth, the first non-Labour head of the Welsh government, said he was "eager to repay the trust that the people in Wales have placed in us".

Reform's Welsh leader Dan Thomas said his party would be a "robust opposition" that would hold Plaid to account.

In a speech to the Senedd after he won the vote for first minister on Tuesday, ap Iorwerth said: "Something has stirred in the soul of Wales.

"A new confidence, a new hope.…