Dewar Government
Donald Dewar, Scotland's first First Minister, obtained the Scottish Parliament's approval to the first slate of members of the Scottish Executive and Junior Scottish Ministers on 19 May 1999.
In March 2000, Andrew Hardie was made a Senator of the College of Justice. His office as Lord Advocate was filled by the Solicitor General, Colin Boyd, and the office of Solicitor General was filled by Neil Davidson
McLeish Government
Following the death of Donald Dewar, Henry McLeish was appointed as First Minister on 26 Oct 2000.
Tavish Scott resigned on 9 March 2001 following disagreement with Scottish Executive policy on fisheries. He was replaced by Euan Robson . Sam Galbraith resigned on 20 March 2001, and his environment portfolio was combined with that of rural development. Planning was added to the Transport portfolio, and Lewis Macdonald was appointed as Deputy Minister for Transport and Planning. Allan Wilson became Deputy Minister for Sport, the Arts and Culture, reporting to the First Minister.
McConnell Government, 2001
Following Henry McLeish's resignation as First Minister, Jack McConnell was appointed as First Minister 22 Nov 2001
McConnell Government 2001-2003
| Portfolio | Holder
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| First Minister | Jack McConnell
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| Deputy First Minister | Jim Wallace
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| Minister for Education and Young People | Cathy Jamieson
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| Deputy Minister for Education and Young People | Nicol Stephen
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| Deputy Minister for Culture and Sport | Rhona Brankin
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| Minister for Social Justice | Iain Gray
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| Deputy Minister for Social Justice | Margaret Curran
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| Minister for Enterprise, Transport & Lifelong Learning | Wendy Alexander
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| Deputy Minister for Enterprise, Transport & Lifelong Learning | Lewis Macdonald
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| Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport | Mike Watson
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| Deputy Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport | Elaine Murray
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| Minister for Finance and Public Services | Andy Kerr
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| Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Services | Peter Peacock
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| Minister for Health and Community Care | Malcolm Chisholm
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| Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care | Hugh Henry
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| Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care | Mary Mulligan
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| Minister for Justice | Jim Wallace
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| Deputy Minister for Justice | Richard Simpson
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| Minister for Parliamentary Business | Patricia Ferguson
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| Deputy Minister for Parliamentary Business | Euan Robson
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| Minister for Environment and Rural Development | Ross Finnie
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| Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development | Allan Wilson
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| Minister for Transport | Sarah Boyack
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| Lord Advocate | Colin Boyd QC
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| Solicitor General for Scotland | Elish Angiolini
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On 4 May 2002, Wendy Alexander resigned from the Scottish Executive. Her post as Enterprise Minister was filled by Iain Gray, and his post as Social Justice Minister was in turn filled by Margaret Curran, who had been his deputy. Hugh Henry moved from Health to become Deputy Minister for Social Justice and Frank McAveety returned to ministerial office as one of the Deputy Ministers for Health and Community Care.
McConnell Government, 2003
A further reshuffle followed the Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2003.
In October 2004, Frank McAveety and Mary Mulligan stepped down as ministers. Andy Kerr moved from Finance to Health, with Rhona Brankin as his deputy. Margaret Curran moved from Communities to Parliamentary Business, and Patricia Ferguson took over Tourism, Culture & Sport. Malcolm Chisholm moved to Communities, with Johann Lamont as his deputy. Tom McCabe moved to Finance to replace Andy Kerr, and Allan Wilson and Lewis Macdonald exchanged their Environment & Rural Development and Enterprise & Lifelong Learning portfolios.
Current Ministerial Team
The current ministerial team can be seen at Scottish Executive.
