Government of the 3rd Scottish Parliament

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Government of the 1st (1999)
Government of the 2nd (2003)
Government of the 3rd (2007)

The Government of the 3rd Scottish Parliament was formed after the 2007 general election.

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[edit] Salmond government

The Salmond government (16 May 2007– ) is a Scottish National Party minority government.

Having won the largest number of seats in the general election - 47 out of 129 - the SNP sought to form a coalition. After failing to find coalition partners, they chose to go into government without other parties. Alex Salmond was elected First Minister on 16 May 2007; his slate of ministerial appointments were ratified by the Scottish Parliament the following day.

[edit] Cabinet

Office Name Term Party
First Minister Alex Salmond 2007– Scottish National Party
Deputy First Minister
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing		 Nicola Sturgeon 2007– Scottish National Party
Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth John Swinney 2007– Scottish National Party
Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning Fiona Hyslop 2007– Scottish National Party
Cabinet Secretary for Justice Kenny MacAskill 2007– Scottish National Party
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment Richard Lochhead 2007– Scottish National Party

[edit] Junior ministers

Office Name Term Party
Minister for Parliamentary Business Bruce Crawford 2007– Scottish National Party
Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture Linda Fabiani 2007– Scottish National Party
Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism Jim Mather 2007– Scottish National Party
Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Stewart Stevenson 2007– Scottish National Party
Minister for Schools and Skills Maureen Watt 2007– Scottish National Party
Minister for Children and Early Years Adam Ingram 2007– Scottish National Party
Minister for Public Health Shona Robison 2007– Scottish National Party
Minister for Communities and Sport Stewart Maxwell 2007– Scottish National Party
Minister for Community Safety Fergus Ewing 2007– Scottish National Party
Minister for Environment Mike Russell 2007– Scottish National Party

Law Officers

Office Name Term Party
Lord Advocate Elish Angiolini QC 2006–  
Solicitor General for Scotland Frank Mulholland QC 2007–  

[edit] See also

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List of Scottish Governments
(1st Parliament) Dewar government (1999–2000) · McLeish government (2000–2001) · First McConnell government (2001–2003) · (2nd Parliament) Second McConnell government (2003–2007) · (3rd Parliament) Salmond government (2007–) ·