Fiona Hyslop
Fiona Hyslop | |
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Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs | |
Assumed office 19 May 2011 | |
First Minister | Alex Salmond Nicola Sturgeon |
Preceded by | Office established |
Minister for Culture and External Affairs | |
In office 1 December 2009 – 19 May 2011 | |
First Minister | Alex Salmond |
Preceded by | Michael Russell |
Succeeded by | Humza Yousaf |
Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning | |
In office 17 May 2007 – 1 December 2009 | |
First Minister | Alex Salmond |
Preceded by | Hugh Henry |
Succeeded by | Michael Russell |
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Linlithgow | |
Assumed office 5 May 2011 | |
Preceded by | Mary Mulligan |
Majority | 9,335 |
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Lothians | |
In office 6 May 1999 – 5 May 2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland | 1 August 1964
Political party | Scottish National Party |
Spouse | Kenneth Anderson |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | University of Glasgow Heriot-Watt University |
Occupation | Sales and marketing executive |
Fiona Jane Hyslop (born 1 August 1964) is a Scottish politician who is the Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs and the Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Linlithgow constituency since 2011, having represented the Lothians Region from 1999 to 2011.
Family life and background
Fiona Hyslop was born in Irvine, Ayrshire. She spent her early years in England before returning to Ayrshire where she attended Alloway Primary School[1] and Ayr Academy. She earned an MA (Hons) in Economic History and Sociology from the University of Glasgow and a Post-graduate Diploma in Industrial Administration from the Scottish College of Textiles. From 1986 until her election in 1999 she worked for the Standard Life Assurance Company.[2][3]
Early political career
Hyslop joined the SNP in 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.[3]
Scottish Parliament
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.[4] In both the 2003[5] and 2007 elections, she stood for the Linlithgow constituency.[6] Although she failed to win this constituency on both occasions, she was re-elected from the regional list.
The SNP formed a minority government following the 2007 election, with Alex Salmond as First Minister. Salmond appointed Hyslop as the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, a portfolio she had previously shadowed. In December 2009, and facing a motion of no confidence, she was demoted from the cabinet to the junior Minister post of Minister for Culture and External Affairs.[7]
Following the SNP victory in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, she was promoted back into Cabinet as Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs. She has remained in post since.
In the 2011 election, she stood in the Linlithgow constituency, defeating three-term incumbent Mary Mulligan of the Labour party by 4,091 votes.[8] She was re-elected in the 2016 Linlithgow constituency elections, beating Angela Boyd Moohan (Labour) by 9,335 votes.[9]
Personal life
Hyslop lives in Linlithgow with her husband and their three children.[2]
See also
- Government of the 3rd Scottish Parliament
- Government of the 4th Scottish Parliament
- List of foreign ministers in 2017
- List of current foreign ministers
References
- ^ "Scots vote Tam o' Shanter favourite Robert Burns poem". BBC News. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Biography". Fiona Hyslop. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
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- ^ "Lothian Election 1999". BBC News. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ "Scottish Parliament Elections: 1 May 2003" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 14 May 2003. ISSN 1368-8456.
- ^ "Scottish elections 2007". BBC News. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ "Demoted SNP education secretary endorses successor". BBC News. 1 December 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ Sandford, Mark (24 May 2011). "Scottish Parliament Elections: 2011" (PDF). House of Commons. ISSN 1368-8456.
- ^ "Scotland Election 2016". BBC News. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
External links
- Official website
- MSP profile pages on Scottish Parliament website
- Use dmy dates from March 2013
- 1964 births
- Living people
- People from Irvine, North Ayrshire
- People educated at Ayr Academy
- Alumni of the University of Glasgow
- Alumni of Heriot-Watt University
- Scottish National Party MSPs
- Members of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2003
- Members of the Scottish Parliament 2003–07
- Members of the Scottish Parliament 2007–11
- Members of the Scottish Parliament 2011–16
- Members of the Scottish Parliament 2016–
- Female members of the Scottish Parliament
- Members of the Scottish Cabinet
- Women members of the Scottish Government
- 20th-century women politicians
- 21st-century women politicians