# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alasdair-allan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:42:32.453Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alasdair-allan"
name: "Alasdair Allan"
slug: "alasdair-allan"
description: "Alasdair James Allan is a Scottish politician who was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Na h-Eileanan an Iar constituency from 2007 to 2026. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he served in the Scottish Government from 2011 to 2018, first as Minister for Learning, Science and Scotland's Languages and then Minister for International Development and Europe. Most recently, he served as Acting Minister for Climate Action between July 2024 and June 2025, during the maternity leave of Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy Màiri McAllan."
tagline: "Scottish politician (born 1971)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alasdair_Allan_MSP.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1971-05-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.447628
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/alasdairallan"
    handle:    "alasdairallan"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alasdair_Allan"
    title: "Alasdair Allan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alasdair_Allan"
    title: "Alasdair Allan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alasdair_Allan"
    title: "Alasdair Allan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alasdair_Allan"
    title: "Alasdair Allan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%86"
    title: "الاسڈیر ایلن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q559634"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump