The Welsh Parliament has been called out of the summer break so members can vote for a new First Minister.
Members of the Senedd (MS) will have to return to parliament in Cardiff on 6 August after Health Minister Baroness Eluned Morgan became Welsh Labor leader on Wednesday.
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The Welsh Labor Party leadership contest was due to take place over two months, ending after the end of the summer holidays in September, but Baroness Morgan, 57, was the only contender so became leader without any campaign.
She is replacing Vaughan Getting after he announced his resignation last week following a fight over campaign donations.
However, it does not automatically replace him as First Minister and the entire Senedd will need to vote on who will become the new leader of Wales.
The Senedd separated for the summer holidays on Monday, but Mr Gething requested that the MS be recalled and the President accepted his request.
Baroness Morgan is expected to be elected Prime Minister as the Labor Party holds a majority in the Senedd.
She is the first female leader of the Welsh Labor Party and is set to become the first female First Minister of Wales.
Llywydd (President) of the Senedd, Elin Jones MS, said: “I have received a request from the First Minister to dismiss the Senedd for members to nominate the next person to take on the role of First Minister of Wales.
“I have agreed to the request and have written to members of the Senedd to inform them of the recall.”
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The Welsh Conservatives have previously called for the Senedd to be repealed and said they were grateful it would “give Wales much-needed stability”.
Party leader Andrew RT Davies said: “Considering the chaos that has engulfed the Labor government in Cardiff Bay, you would think they would have anticipated this decision by bringing in an earlier recall to give Wales that stability.
“Given that Eluned Morgan’s delivery as health minister was questionable, you would also have thought that she would want to move on immediately by being elected by the Senedd as prime minister.”
Eluned Morgan backed Vaughan Gething for the leadership in March. Photo: Senedd Cymru / Welsh parliament
Vaughan Gething scandal
Gething made history in March when he became the first black leader of any European country.
However, he continually faced issues over a £200,000 donation to its leadership campaign of a company owned by a man twice convicted of environmental crimes.
Critics said Gething’s leadership campaign should not have accepted the money, but the prime minister said the donation was within the rules and declared in line with party protocol.
A row also occurred after he fired minister Hannah Blythyn for allegedly leaking phone messages, which she denied and a newspaper later said she was not the source.
Plaid Cymru then withdrew its cooperation agreement with Mr Gething’s government.
When he resigned, Mr Gething published evidence that he said supported his decision to fire Ms Blythynincluding that a screenshot of the leak did not show his initials – suggesting it must have come from his phone.
But this happened after the resignations of ministers, which made his position untenable.
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