| Fiona Hyslop MSP | |
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| Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 19 May 2011 |
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| First Minister | Alex Salmond |
| Preceded by | office created |
| Minister for Culture and External Affairs | |
| In office 01 December 2009 – 19 May 2011 |
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| First Minister | Alex Salmond |
| Preceded by | Michael Russell |
| Succeeded by | office abolished |
| Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning | |
| In office 17 May 2007 – 01 December 2009 |
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| First Minister | Alex Salmond |
| Preceded by | Hugh Henry (as Minister for Education) |
| Succeeded by | Michael Russell |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Linlithgow |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 5 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Mary Mulligan |
| Majority | 4,091 |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Lothians |
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| In office 6 May 1999 – 5 May 2011 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 August 1964 Irvine, Ayrshire |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow Heriot-Watt University |
Fiona Hyslop (born 1 August, 1964) is the Scottish Government's Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs and Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Linlithgow.
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Fiona Hyslop was born in Irvine, Ayrshire in 1964. She was brought up in her early years in England, before returning to Ayrshire where she was educated at Alloway Primary School and Ayr Academy. She graduated from the University of Glasgow with an MA (Hons) in Economic History and Sociology. She completed a Post-graduate Diploma in Industrial Administration at the Scottish College of Textiles. From 1986 until her election in 1999 she worked as a Brand Development Manager for the Standard Life Assurance Company.
Hyslop joined the SNP 1986, and was active in the SNP's youth wing, Young Scots for Independence. She stood as an SNP candidate in the 1988 Edinburgh District Council elections, and in the 1990 and 1994 Lothian Regional Council elections. She also stood as candidate for Edinburgh Leith and Edinburgh Central in the 1992 and 1997 UK General Elections respectively. Hyslop was an SNP Vice Convener for Policy, and served on the SNP Executive Committee.
Hyslop stood for election to the Scottish Parliament in the 1999 Parliamentary Election as third on the SNP's list for the Lothians Region, and was elected as an SNP additional member. In the 2003, and 2007 elections, she stood for both the Linlithgow constituency and the Lothians region. Despite failing to win this constituency on both occasions, she was subsequently re-elected as an SNP additional member.
The SNP formed a minority government following the 2007 election, with Alex Salmond as First Minister. Salmond later appointed Hyslop as the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, a portfolio she had previously shadowed. In December 2009 she was demoted from the cabinet to the junior minister post of Minister for Culture and External Affairs.[1] In the May 2011 Scottish Parliament election, she stood in the Linlithgow constituency, defeating three-term incumbent Mary Mulligan of the Labour party by 4,091 votes.
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