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| First Minister Rhodri Morgan and his new deputy Ieuan Wyn Jones are due to have their first working meeting as Welsh Assembly Government partners. | First Minister Rhodri Morgan and his new deputy Ieuan Wyn Jones are due to have their first working meeting as Welsh Assembly Government partners. |
| The leaders of Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru had been due to talk last week to shape the new assembly government. | The leaders of Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru had been due to talk last week to shape the new assembly government. |
| But it was called off when Mr Morgan was taken to hospital for treatment on partially-blocked arteries. | But it was called off when Mr Morgan was taken to hospital for treatment on partially-blocked arteries. |
| Officials said a meeting was now pencilled in for Tuesday, but would not confirm what was on the agenda. | Officials said a meeting was now pencilled in for Tuesday, but would not confirm what was on the agenda. |
| There is speculation that Plaid Cymru will have at least three ministerial posts in the new coalition government. | |
| But even if Mr Morgan and Mr Jones agree a new cabinet, there may not be an immediate announcement as nominees must be approved by the Queen. | |
| The parties, who have traditionally been bitter enemies, had agreed a groundbreaking coalition deal on 6 and 7 July. | The parties, who have traditionally been bitter enemies, had agreed a groundbreaking coalition deal on 6 and 7 July. |
| But within hours, Mr Morgan, 67, had to undergo a surgical procedure at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. | But within hours, Mr Morgan, 67, had to undergo a surgical procedure at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. |
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| Although the final look of the new assembly government has yet to be decided, the Plaid leader has, in the meantime, been confirmed as deputy first minister, a role which was set out in the agreement between the two parties. | Although the final look of the new assembly government has yet to be decided, the Plaid leader has, in the meantime, been confirmed as deputy first minister, a role which was set out in the agreement between the two parties. |
| Tuesday's meeting in Cardiff Bay will be their first face-to-face since Mr Jones took the first national government post in Plaid's 82-year history last Wednesday. | Tuesday's meeting in Cardiff Bay will be their first face-to-face since Mr Jones took the first national government post in Plaid's 82-year history last Wednesday. |
| The day after, the Plaid leader immediately left for Belgium to represent Mr Morgan at the 90th anniversary commemoration of the World War I battle of Passchendaele. | The day after, the Plaid leader immediately left for Belgium to represent Mr Morgan at the 90th anniversary commemoration of the World War I battle of Passchendaele. |
| And on Monday, Mr Jones also represented the Welsh Assembly Government at the British-Irish Council in Belfast. | And on Monday, Mr Jones also represented the Welsh Assembly Government at the British-Irish Council in Belfast. |
| That conference was the first time Prime Minister Gordon Brown met the new leaders of the UK's devolved governments since he took on his new job. | That conference was the first time Prime Minister Gordon Brown met the new leaders of the UK's devolved governments since he took on his new job. |