Dewar government

Dewar government
Dewar government
; 1st government of Scotland
1999–2000
Date formed	17 May 1999
Date dissolved	11 October 2000
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
First Minister	Donald Dewar
First Minister's history	1999–2000
Deputy First Minister	Jim Wallace
Member parties	Labour Party; Liberal Democrats;
Status in legislature	Majority (coalition) ; 72 / 129 (56%) ; ; ;
Opposition party	Scottish National Party
Opposition leader	Alex Salmond (1999-2000) ; John Swinney (2000)
History
Election	1999 general election
Legislature term	1st Scottish Parliament
Budget	2000 Scottish budget
Successor	McLeish government

Donald Dewar formed the Dewar government on 17 May 1999 following his appointment as the inaugural First Minister of Scotland. The first devolved executive of Scotland, it consisted of Scottish Labour and the Scottish Liberal Democrats, who formed a coalition on 14 May 1999.^[1] The government dissolved and was succeeded by the McLeish government in the aftermath of Dewar's death on 11 October 2000.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

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Portfolio	Minister	Term
Cabinet ministers
First Minister	The Rt Hon Donald Dewar MSP	1999–2000	Labour
Deputy First Minister	Jim Wallace QC MSP	1999–2005	Lib Dem
Minister for Justice	Jim Wallace QC MSP	1999–2003	Lib Dem
Minister for Finance	Jack McConnell MSP	1999–2000	Labour
Minister for Health and Community Care	Susan Deacon MSP	1999–2000	Labour
Minister for Communities	Wendy Alexander MSP	1999–2000	Labour
Minister for Transport and the Environment	Sarah Boyack MSP	1999–2000	Labour
Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning	Henry McLeish MSP	1999–2000	Labour
Minister for Rural Affairs	Ross Finnie MSP	1999–2000	Lib Dem
Minister for Children and Education	Sam Galbraith MSP	1999–2000	Labour
Also attending cabinet meetings
Permanent Secretary	Muir Russell	1999–2003	Independent
Chief Whip and Government Business Manager	Tom McCabe MSP	1999–2000	Labour
Lord Advocate	The Rt Hon Colin Boyd QC	2000–2006	Labour

Junior ministers^[8]
Post	Minister		Term	Party
Deputy Minister for Children and Education		Peter Peacock MSP	1999–2000	Labour Party
Deputy Minister for Culture and Sport		Rhona Brankin MSP	1999–2000
Deputy Minister for Social Inclusion, Equality and the Voluntary Sector		Jackie Baillie MSP	1999–2000
Deputy Minister for Local Government		Frank McAveety MSP	1999–2000
Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning		Nicol Stephen MSP	1999–2000	Liberal Democrats
Deputy Minister for Highlands and Islands and Gaelic		Alasdair Morrison MSP	1999–2000	Labour Party
Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care		Iain Gray MSP	1999–2000
Deputy Minister for Justice (with particular responsibility for Land Reform)		Angus MacKay MSP	1999–2000
Deputy Business Manager and Liberal Democrat Whip		Iain Smith MSP	1999–2000	Liberal Democrats
Deputy Minister for Rural Affairs (with particular responsibility for Fisheries)		John Home Robertson MSP	1999–2000	Labour Party
Solicitor General for Scotland		Colin Boyd QC	May 1999–Feb. 2000
Solicitor General for Scotland		Neil Davidson QC	Feb. 2000–Oct. 2000

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