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Shona Robison
MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Commonwealth Games, Sport, Equalities and Pensioners' Rights
Assumed office
22 April 2014
First MinisterAlex Salmond
Preceded byHerself as Minister for Public Health and Sport
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Dundee City East
Dundee East 2003-2011
Assumed office
1 May 2003
First MinisterAlex Salmond
Preceded byJohn McAllion
Majority10,679 (41.5%)
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for North East Scotland
In office
6 May 1999 – 1 May 2003
Personal details
Born (1966-05-26) 26 May 1966 (age 58)
Redcar, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
NationalityScottish
Political partyScottish National Party
SpouseStewart Hosie
Alma materGlasgow University
Professioncommunity worker, home care organiser
WebsiteOfficial website

Shona Robison (26 May 1966) is a Scottish politician, serving as the Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Commonwealth Games, Sport, Equalities and Pensioners' Rights and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dundee City East. She was elected as a Scottish National Party candidate in the 2003 election.[1] Previously she had represented the SNP as an Additional Members System member for North East Scotland, having been elected in the 1999 election.[2]

Early life and career

Born in Redcar, England, she went to Alva Academy, and then gained an MA in Social Sciences at Glasgow University in 1989, and gained a Postgraduate Cert in Community Education, obtained in 1990 at Jordanhill College. She was active in the SNP Youth Wing along with figures such as Nicola Sturgeon and Fiona Hyslop.

In 2003 she became the SNP's Party Spokesperson on Health, remaining in this position until 2007.[3]

After the SNP's victory in the 2007 Scottish Parliament Election, Robison was appointed as the Minister for Public Health.[4] In 2009 she was made Minister for Public Health and Sport in a policy reshuffle.[5] Following the 2011 election, she was made Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport, with Michael Matheson taking on the Public Health portfolio.

Personal life

She is married to Stewart Hosie,[6] who is the Westminster MP for Dundee East and a former National Secretary of the SNP, and who has served as the party's Vice Convenor in charge of Organisation.

References

  1. ^ "Labour suffers election casualties". BBC News. 2 May 2003. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
  2. ^ "Previous MSPs: Session 1 (1999-2003): Shona Robison MSP". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Previous MSPs: Session 2 (2003-2007): Shona Robison MSP". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  4. ^ "The Scottish Executive". The Herald (Glasgow). 17 May 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Previous MSPs: Session 3 (2007-2011): Shona Robison MSP". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  6. ^ "International Women's Day Debate". House of Commons Hansard Debates. 6 March 2008. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
Scottish Parliament
Preceded by Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dundee East
2003–present 		Incumbent

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