Dewar government

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Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox government cabinet Donald Dewar formed the Dewar government on 17 May 1999 following his appointment as the inaugural First Minister of Scotland. The first devolved executive of Scotland, it consisted of Scottish Labour and the Scottish Liberal Democrats, who formed a coalition on 14 May 1999.[1] The government dissolved and was succeeded by the McLeish government in the aftermath of Dewar's death on 11 October 2000.[2][3][4][5]

Cabinet

May 1999 to October 2000

Cabinet of Donald Dewar[6]
Portfolio Portrait Minister Term Party
Cabinet ministers
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Deputy First Minister File:Jim Wallace 1999.jpg Jim Wallace QC MSPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1999–2005 style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 1px" | Lib Dem
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Minister for Transport and the Environment File:Sarah Boyack MSP 1999.jpg Sarah Boyack MSPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1999–2000 ! style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 1px" | Labour
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Minister for Rural Affairs File:Ross Finnie 1999.jpg Ross Finnie MSPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1999–2000 ! style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Lib Dem
Minister for Children and Education File:Sam Galbraith MSP.jpg Sam Galbraith MSPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1999–2000 ! style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 1px" | Labour
Also attending cabinet meetings
Permanent Secretary File:Permanent Secretary Muir Russell.jpg Muir Russell 1999–2003 ! style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 1px" | Independent
Chief Whip and Government Business Manager File:Tom McCabe.jpg Tom McCabe MSPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1999–2000 ! style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 1px" | Labour
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Changes

Junior ministers

Junior ministers[8]

Post Minister Term Party
Deputy Minister for Children and Education style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 1px" | Peter Peacock MSP 1999–2000 Labour Party
Deputy Minister for Culture and Sport style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 1px" | Rhona Brankin MSP 1999–2000
Deputy Minister for Social Inclusion, Equality and the Voluntary Sector style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 1px" | Jackie Baillie MSP 1999–2000
Deputy Minister for Local Government style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 1px" | Frank McAveety MSP 1999–2000
Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Nicol Stephen MSP 1999–2000 Liberal Democrats
Deputy Minister for Highlands and Islands and Gaelic style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 1px" | Alasdair Morrison MSP 1999–2000 Labour Party
Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 1px" | Iain Gray MSP 1999–2000
Deputy Minister for Justice (with particular responsibility for Land Reform) style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 1px" | Angus MacKay MSP 1999–2000
Deputy Business Manager and Liberal Democrat Whip style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Iain Smith MSP 1999–2000 Liberal Democrats
Deputy Minister for Rural Affairs (with particular responsibility for Fisheries) style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 1px" | John Home Robertson MSP 1999–2000 Labour Party
Solicitor General for Scotland rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 1px" | Colin Boyd QC May 1999–Feb. 2000
Neil Davidson QC Feb. 2000–Oct. 2000

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