Second Salmond government

Second Salmond government
6th devolved government of Scotland
2011–2014
Date formed 18 May 2011
Date dissolved 19 November 2014
People and organisations
Monarch Elizabeth II
First Minister Alex Salmond
Member party Scottish National Party
Status in legislature Majority
History
Election(s) 2011 general election
Legislature term(s) 4th Scottish Parliament
Predecessor First Salmond government
Successor First Sturgeon government

Following the 2011 elections to the 4th Scottish Parliament, the Scottish National Party, led by Alex Salmond, formed the second Salmond government on 18 May 2011. This was the first single-party majority government in the history of the devolved parliament.

Salmond announced his resignation as leader of the Scottish National Party on 19 September 2014 following the Scottish independence referendum; his resignation took effect on 14 November when Nicola Sturgeon was elected unopposed to replace him. The second Salmond government was dissolved upon Sturgeon becoming first minister on 19 November 2014, and replaced with the first Sturgeon government.

History

On 19 May 2011, after Salmond was re-elected as first minister, his cabinet was increased in size, from five cabinet secretaries to eight.[1][2]

List of ministers

Post Minister Term
First Minister The Rt Hon. Alex Salmond MSP2007–2014
Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP2007–2014
Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy 2007–2012
Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities 2012–2014
Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth John Swinney MSP2007–2014
Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning Michael Russell MSP2009–2014
Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy Bruce Crawford MSP2011–2012
Cabinet Secretary for Justice Kenny MacAskill MSP2007–2014
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment Richard Lochhead MSP2007–2014
Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs Fiona Hyslop MSP2011–2014
Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment Alex Neil MSP2011–2012
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing 2012–2014
Cabinet Secretary for Training, Youth and Women’s Employment Angela Constance MSP2014
Cabinet Secretary for Commonwealth Games, Sport, Equalities and Pensioners' Rights Shona Robison MSP2014
Post Minister Term
Minister for External Affairs and International Development Humza Yousaf MSP2011–2014
Minister for Public Health Michael Matheson MSP2011–2014
Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism Fergus Ewing MSP2011–2014
Minister for Local Government and Planning Aileen Campbell MSP2011
Derek MacKay MSP 2011–2014
Minister for Children and Young People Angela Constance MSP2011–2014
Aileen Campbell MSP 2011–2014
Minister for Learning and Skills Dr Alasdair Allan MSP2011
Minister for Learning, Science and Scotland's Languages 2011–2014
Minister for Parliamentary Business and Chief Whip Brian Adam MSP2011–2012
Minister for Parliamentary Business Joe FitzPatrick MSP2012–2014
Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs Roseanna Cunningham MSP2011–2014
Minister for Environment and Climate Change Stewart Stevenson MSP2011–2012
Paul Wheelhouse MSP2012–2014
Minister for Housing and Transport Keith Brown MSP 2011–2012
Minister for Transport and Veterans 2012–2014
PostNameTerm
Lord Advocate The Right Hon. Frank Mulholland QC2011–2014
Solicitor General for Scotland Lesley Thomson QC2011–2014

References

  1. ↑ "First minister Alex Salmond unveils enlarged cabinet". BBC News. 19 May 2011.
  2. ↑ Black, Andrew (20 May 2011). "At-a-glance: Scottish government cabinet". BBC News.
  3. 1 2 3 "Ministers, Law Officers, Parliamentary Liaison Officers by Cabinet: Session 4" (PDF). www.parliament.scot. Scottish Parliament. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
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