Minister for Europe, Migration and International Development

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The Minister for Europe, Migration and International Development is a junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government. As a result, the minister does not attend the Scottish Cabinet.^[1] The minister supports the Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs, who is a full member of the cabinet.^[2]

The post was created in September 2012. The specific responsibilities of the minister are:^[2]

• Migration policy
• International development
• Cross government co-ordination on the European Union
• Fair trade
• Scottish diaspora

History

In September 2012 the position of Minister for External Affairs and International Development was created; the name of the role changed a November 2014 reshuffle when Nicola Sturgeon became First Minister. It was changed again in May 2016, after the 2016 election, and again in June 2018.

List of office holders

The current Minister for Europe, Migration and International Development is Ben Macpherson.^[2]

Name		Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Party	First Minister
	Humza Yousaf		6 September 2012	21 November 2014	Scottish National Party	Alex Salmond
	Humza Yousaf		21 November 2014	18 May 2016	Scottish National Party	Nicola Sturgeon
	Alasdair Allan		18 May 2016	27 June 2018	Scottish National Party	Nicola Sturgeon
	Ben Macpherson		27 June 2018	Incumbent	Scottish National Party	Nicola Sturgeon

References

External links

• The Scottish Cabinet on Scottish Government website
• Minister for International Development and Europe on Scottish Government website