New Government for Scotland
First Minister Alex Salmond will lead the Scottish Government for the next five years after being nominated by the Parliament and appointed by HM The Queen.
He holds a Royal Warrant signed by the Queen and has taken the official oath at the Court of Session in Edinburgh and been confirmed as the Keeper of the Scottish Seal.
The First Minister highlighted the following key issues in his appointment speech yesterday – the Scotland Bill, sectarianism, minimum alcohol pricing, importance of marine renewable energy and of offering skilled, satisfying work to our school leavers and graduates.
The Scottish Cabinet and Ministers
Scottish Government Cabinet at Bute House in Edinburgh. Back row: Kenny MacAskill, Michael Russell, John Swinney, Richard Lochhead. Middle row: Alex Neil, Bruce Crawford, Fiona Hyslop. Front: Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and First Minister Alex Salmond.
The Scottish Government’s new Cabinet and Ministerial Team has been announced by First Minister Alex Salmond, subject to the necessary parliamentary approval.
The full list is as follows:
Cabinet, Ministers and Law Officers
First Minister Alex Salmond MSP
Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy Nicola Sturgeon MSP
Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport Shona Robison MSP
Minister for Public Health Michael Matheson MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth John Swinney MSP
Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism Fergus Ewing MSP
Minister for Local Government and Planning Aileen Campbell MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning Michael Russell MSP
Minister for Children and Young People Angela Constance MSP
Minister for Learning and Skills (with responsibility for Gaelic & Scots) Alasdair Allan MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy Bruce Crawford MSP
Minister for Parliamentary Business and Chief Whip Brian Adam MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Justice Kenny MacAskill MSP
Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs (with responsibility for tackling sectarianism) Roseanna Cunningham MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment Richard Lochhead MSP
Minister for Environment and Climate Change Stewart Stevenson MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs Fiona Hyslop MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment Alex Neil MSP
Minister for Housing and Transport Keith Brown MSP
Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland
Solicitor General Lesley Thomson
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Free PR puff for everyone (so so many at a time of fiscal crisis) – can we have a go too?