Rebecca Mary Evans (born 2 August 1976) is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician who has served as Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office since 2024. She was previously Minister for Finance from 2018 to 2024.^[1] Evans has served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Gower since 2016,^[2] and a Member for Mid and West Wales from 2011 to 2016.

Evans has previously served in the Welsh Government as the Deputy Minister for Farming and Food (2014–16), Minister for Social Care and Public Health (2016–17) and Minister for Housing and Regeneration (2017–18). She was Trefnydd (Leader) of the Senedd from 2018 to 2021.

Evans was born in Bridgend, Wales in 1976.^[3] She obtained a BA degree in history at the University of Leeds,^[2] and an MPhil in Historical Studies at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.^[2]

She worked as Policy and Public Affairs Officer for a national charity representing disabled people and their families. Evans is also a former Welsh Labour Organiser for Mid and West Wales, and a former Senior Researcher and Communications Officer for an Assembly Member.

Evans was elected in 2011 as one of four regional MSs representing Mid and West Wales in the Senedd.^[4] At the 2016 election, she was elected as the member for the Gower constituency.

Between her election in 2011 and her promotion to ministerial office, Evans served on the National Assembly for Wales’ Environment and Sustainable Development Committee and its Common Agricultural Policy Task and Finish Group, the Heath and Social Care Committee, and the Children, Young People and Education Committee. She has also served as chair of the Cross-party group on Nursing and midwifery, the cross-party group on mental health and was the co-chair of the cross-party group on disability.