Donald Campbell Dewar (21 August 1937 – 11 October 2000) wis the First Meenister o Scotland frae 1999 til he dee'd in 2000. He wis the first body tae haud the poseetion o First Meenister efter the estaiblishment o the Scots Pairlament in 1999.
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The Richt Honourable
Donald Dewar |
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| First Meenister o Scotland |
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In office
13 Mey 1999 – 11 October 2000 |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
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| Depute | Jim Wallace |
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| Precedit bi | Poseetion established |
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| Succeedit bi | Jim Wallace (Actin)
Henry McLeish |
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| Secretar o State for Scotland |
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In office
2 Mey 1997 – 17 Mey 1999 |
| Prime Meenister | Tony Blair |
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| Precedit bi | Michael Forsyth |
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| Succeedit bi | John Reid |
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| Leader o Labour in the Scots Pairlament |
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In office
7 Mey 1999 – 11 October 2000 |
| Leader | Tony Blair |
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| Precedit bi | Poseetion established |
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| Succeedit bi | Henry McLeish |
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| Chief Whip o the Labour Pairty |
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In office
19 October 1995 – 2 Mey 1997 |
| Leader | Tony Blair |
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| Precedit bi | Derek Foster |
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| Succeedit bi | Nick Brown |
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| Shadow Secretar o State for Social Security |
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In office
18 Julie 1992 – 19 October 1995 |
| Leader | John Smith
Margaret Beckett (Actin)
Tony Blair |
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| Precedit bi | Michael Meacher |
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| Succeedit bi | Chris Smith |
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| Shadow Secretar o State for Scotland |
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In office
31 October 1983 – 18 Julie 1992 |
| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
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| Precedit bi | Bruce Millan |
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| Succeedit bi | Tom Clarke |
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Member o the Scots Pairlament
for Glesga Anniesland |
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In office
6 Mey 1999 – 11 October 2000 |
| Precedit bi | Constituency established |
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| Succeedit bi | Bill Butler |
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Member o Pairlament
for Glesga Anniesland |
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In office
2 Mey 1997 – 11 October 2000 |
| Precedit bi | Constituency established |
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| Succeedit bi | John Robertson |
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Member o Pairlament
for Glesga Garscadden |
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In office
13 Aprile 1978 – 2 Mey 1997 |
| Precedit bi | William Small |
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| Succeedit bi | Constituency abolished |
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Member o Pairlament
for Aiberdeen Sooth |
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In office
31 Mairch 1966 – 18 Juin 1970 |
| Precedit bi | Priscilla Buchan |
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| Succeedit bi | Iain Sproat |
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| Personal details |
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| Born | 21 August 1937(1937-08-21)
Glesga, Scotland |
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| Dee'd | 11 October 2000(2000-10-11) (aged 63)
Edinburgh, Scotland |
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| Poleetical pairty | Labour |
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| Spoose(s) | Alison McNair (1964–1973) |
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| Bairns | Marion
Iain |
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| Alma mater | Varsity o Glesga |
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Close
Dewar wis first electit tae Wastmeenster in 1966, afore bein made Secretar o State for Scotland in 1997 follaein the election o a Labour govrenment unner Tony Blair.
The inaugural First Meenister o the Scots Pairlament creatit bi the Scotland Act 1998, Donald Dewar is kent as the Faither o the Naition, or at laest as the faither o devolved govrenment. In his time as Secretar o State for Scotland, his acts an campaigns wis instrumental in gettin Scots devolution. His cutty term in the office he haed helpit tae creaut, endit suddent whan he dee'd o a brain haemorrhage.
Donald Campbell Dewar wis born on 21 August 1937 in Glesga, the anerly bairn o Alasdair Dewar an Mary Dewar (née Bennett). Baith o Dewar's paurents suffert ill heal durin his bairnheid; his faither contractit tuberculosis an his mither haed a benign brain tumour.
A braw statue o Dewar staunds in Glesga.
