Dewar government

{{Short description|Scottish Government from 1999 to 2000}} {{EngvarB|date=January 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox government cabinet |cabinet_name = Dewar government |cabinet_number = 1st |cabinet_type = [[Scottish Government|government]] | flag = Flag of Scotland.svg | flag_border = true | flag_width = |jurisdiction = [[Scotland]] |incumbent = 1999–2000 |image = Meeting of the Dewar cabinet 1999.jpg |caption = First meeting of the Dewar cabinet, 1999 |date_formed = 17 May 1999 |date_dissolved = 11 October 2000 |government_head_title = First Minister |government_head = [[Donald Dewar]] |government_head_history = [[Donald Dewar#First Minister of Scotland (1999–2000)|1999–2000]] |deputy_government_head = [[Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness|Jim Wallace]] |other_government_minister_title = |other_government_minister = |state_head_title = Monarch |state_head = [[Elizabeth II]] |current_number = |former_members_number = |total_number = |political_parties = {{ubl |{{Color box|{{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}|border=darkgray}} [[Scottish Labour|Labour Party]] |{{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Scottish Liberal Democrats|Liberal Democrats]]}} |legislature_status = [[Majority government|Majority]] [[Coalition government|(coalition)]] |opposition_cabinet = |opposition_party = {{Color box|{{party color|Scottish National Party}}|border=darkgray}} [[Scottish National Party]] |opposition_leader = [[Alex Salmond]] (1999-2000) [[John Swinney]] (2000) |election = [[1999 Scottish Parliament election|1999 general election]] |last_election = |legislature_term = [[1st Scottish Parliament]] |budget = [[Scottish budget|2000 Scottish budget]] |incoming_formation = |outgoing_formation = |previous = |successor = [[McLeish government]] }} [[Donald Dewar]] formed the '''Dewar government''' on 17 May 1999 following his appointment as the [[First Minister of Scotland|inaugural First Minister of Scotland]]. The [[Scottish executive|first devolved executive of Scotland]], it consisted of [[Scottish Labour]] and the [[Scottish Liberal Democrats]], who formed a [[coalition]] on 14 May 1999.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/342496.stm|title=Scottish coalition deal unveiled |work=BBC News |date=14 May 1999 |access-date=19 September 2020}}</ref> The government dissolved and was succeeded by the [[McLeish government]] in the aftermath of [[Death and funeral of Donald Dewar|Dewar's death]] on 11 October 2000.<ref name="BBC11OCT">{{cite news | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/966880.stm | title='Father of nation' dies | work=BBC News | date=11 October 2000 | access-date=20 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/344130.stm |title=Scottish coalition deal in full |work=BBC News |date=14 May 1999 |access-date=19 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/347061.stm |title= 'Second 11' revealed by Dewar |work=[[BBC News]] |date=18 May 1999 |access-date=19 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/346257.stm |title= Dewar mixes old and new faces |work=BBC News |date=18 May 1999 |access-date=19 September 2020}}</ref>

== Cabinet ==

=== May 1999 to October 2000 === {| class="wikitable" |+Cabinet of Donald Dewar<ref>{{Cite web |date=1999-11-11 |title=Scottish Ministers |url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msps/cabinet.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991111135235/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msps/cabinet.html |archive-date=1999-11-11 |access-date=2022-10-08 }}</ref> !Portfolio !Portrait !Minister !Term ! colspan="2" |Party |- | colspan="6" style="background:#ccc;" |'''Cabinet ministers''' |- |[[First Minister of Scotland|First Minister]] |[[File:Donald Dewar First Minister.jpg|133x133px]] |{{small|[[Privy Counsellor (UK)|The Rt Hon]]}} '''[[Donald Dewar]]''' {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}} |1999–2000 |! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}; width: 1px" | |[[Scottish Labour|Labour]] |- |[[Deputy First Minister of Scotland|Deputy First Minister]] | rowspan="2" |[[File:Jim Wallace 1999.jpg|136x136px]] | rowspan="2" |'''[[Jim Wallace]]''' [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}} |1999–2005 ! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Liberal Democrats}}; width: 1px" | | rowspan="2" |[[Scottish Liberal Democrats|Lib Dem]] |- |[[Minister for Justice (Scotland)|Minister for Justice]] |1999–2003 ! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Liberal Democrats}}; width: 1px" | |- |[[Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government|Minister for Finance]] |[[File:Jack McConnell 1999.jpg|133x133px]] |'''[[Jack McConnell]]''' {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}} |1999–2000 |! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}; width: 1px" | |[[Scottish Labour|Labour]] |- |[[Minister for Health and Community Care]] |[[File:Susan Deacon MSP.jpg|133x133px]] |'''[[Susan Deacon]]''' {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}} |1999–2000 |! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}; width: 1px" | |[[Scottish Labour|Labour]] |- |[[Minister for Housing and Welfare|Minister for Communities]] |[[File:Wendy Alexander.jpg|139x139px]] |'''[[Wendy Alexander]]''' {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}} |1999–2000 |! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}; width: 1px" | |[[Scottish Labour|Labour]] |- |[[Minister for Transport and the Environment]] |[[File:Sarah Boyack MSP 1999.jpg|133x133px]] |'''[[Sarah Boyack]]''' {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}} |1999–2000 |! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}; width: 1px" | |[[Scottish Labour|Labour]] |- |[[Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning]] |[[File:Henry Mcleish.jpg|137x137px]] |'''[[Henry McLeish]]''' {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}} |1999–2000 |! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}; width: 1px" | |[[Scottish Labour|Labour]] |- |[[Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands|Minister for Rural Affairs]] |[[File:Ross Finnie 1999.jpg|133x133px]] |'''[[Ross Finnie]]''' {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}} |1999–2000 |! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Liberal Democrats}}" | |[[Scottish Liberal Democrats|Lib Dem]] |- |[[Minister for Children and Education]] |[[File:Sam Galbraith MSP.jpg|133x133px]] |'''[[Sam Galbraith]]''' {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}} |1999–2000 |! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}; width: 1px" | |[[Scottish Labour|Labour]] |- | colspan="6" style="background:#ccc;" |'''Also attending cabinet meetings''' |- |[[Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Government|Permanent Secretary]] |[[File:Permanent Secretary Muir Russell.jpg|136x136px]] |'''[[Muir Russell]]''' |1999–2003 |! style="background-color: {{party color|Independnet}}; width: 1px" | |[[Independent politician|Independent]] |- |[[Minister for Parliamentary Business|Chief Whip and Government Business Manager]] |[[File:Tom McCabe.jpg|136x136px]] |'''[[Tom McCabe (politician)|Tom McCabe]]''' {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}} |1999–2000 |! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}; width: 1px" | |[[Scottish Labour|Labour]] |- |[[Lord Advocate]] |[[File:Colin Boyd QC 1999.jpg|133x133px]] |{{small|[[Privy Counsellor (UK)|The Rt Hon]]}} '''[[Colin Boyd, Baron Boyd of Duncansby|Colin Boyd]]''' [[Nicola Sturgeon|QC]] |2000–2006 |! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}; width: 1px" | |[[Scottish Labour|Labour]] |}

==== Changes ====

* [[Lord Hardie]] unexpectedly resigned from his post as [[Lord Advocate]] on 17 February 2000. The post was filled by the then [[Solicitor General for Scotland|Solicitor General]], [[Colin Boyd, Baron Boyd of Duncansby|Colin Boyd]], who was in turn replaced by [[Neil Davidson, Baron Davidson of Glen Clova|Neil Davidson]].<ref name="BBC17Feby">{{cite news |date=17 February 2000 |title=Swift response over Hardie resignation |work=BBC News |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/645898.stm |access-date=18 January 2016}}</ref>

== Junior ministers == {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="5" | Junior ministers<ref name="Sgcompparli1999">{{cite web |date=30 March 2007 |title=Ministers, Law Officers and Ministerial Parliamentary Aides by Cabinet: Session 1 |url=http://www.parliament.scot/Research%20briefings%20and%20fact%20sheets/Ministers_and_Law_Officers_by_cabinet-__Session_1.pdf |accessdate=7 January 2017 |publisher=Scottish Parliament}}</ref> |- ! style="width: 340px" |Post ! colspan="2" |Minister !Term !Party |- |[[Deputy Minister for Children and Education]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Peter Peacock]]''' [[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]] || 1999–2000 || rowspan="4" | [[Scottish Labour Party|Labour Party]] |- |[[Deputy Minister for Culture and Sport]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Rhona Brankin]]''' [[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]] |1999–2000 |- |[[Deputy Minister for Communities|Deputy Minister for Social Inclusion, Equality and the Voluntary Sector]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Jackie Baillie]]''' [[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]] |1999–2000 |- |[[Minister for Social Security and Local Government|Deputy Minister for Local Government]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Frank McAveety]]''' [[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]] |1999–2000 |- |[[Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Liberal Democrats}}" | |'''[[Nicol Stephen]]''' [[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]] |1999–2000||[[Scottish Liberal Democrats|Liberal Democrats]] |- |[[Minister for Environment, Biodiversity and Land Reform|Deputy Minister for Highlands and Islands and Gaelic]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Alasdair Morrison (politician)|Alasdair Morrison]]''' [[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]] |1999–2000|| rowspan="3" | [[Scottish Labour Party|Labour Party]] |- |[[Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Iain Gray]]''' [[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]] |1999–2000 |- |[[Deputy Minister for Justice|Deputy Minister for Justice (with particular responsibility for Land Reform)]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[Angus MacKay (Scottish politician)|Angus MacKay]]''' [[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]] |1999–2000 |- |[[Minister for Parliamentary Business|Deputy Business Manager and Liberal Democrat Whip]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Liberal Democrats}}" | |'''[[Iain Smith (Scottish politician)|Iain Smith]]''' [[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]] |1999–2000|| [[Scottish Liberal Democrats|Liberal Democrats]] |- |[[Minister for Environment, Biodiversity and Land Reform|Deputy Minister for Rural Affairs (with particular responsibility for Fisheries)]] ! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}; width: 1px" | |'''[[John Home Robertson]]''' [[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]] |1999–2000|| rowspan="3" | [[Scottish Labour Party|Labour Party]] |- | rowspan="2" |[[Solicitor General for Scotland]] ! rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}; width: 1px" | |[[Colin Boyd, Baron Boyd of Duncansby|Colin Boyd]] [[Queen's Counsel|QC]]||May 1999–Feb. 2000 |- |'''[[Neil Davidson, Baron Davidson of Glen Clova|Neil Davidson]]''' [[Queen's Counsel|QC]]||Feb. 2000–Oct. 2000 |- |}

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[[Category:Scottish governments]] [[Category:1999 establishments in Scotland]] [[Category:2000 disestablishments in Scotland]] [[Category:Coalition governments of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Ministries of Elizabeth II]]