# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/donald-dewar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:41:28.819Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/donald-dewar"
name: "Donald Dewar"
slug: "donald-dewar"
description: "Donald Campbell Dewar was a Scottish statesman and politician who served as the first first minister of Scotland from 1999 until his death in 2000 and leader of the Labour Party in Scotland from 1998 until his death in 2000. He was widely regarded as the \"Father of the Nation\" during his tenure as first minister, and the \"Architect of Devolution\" whilst serving as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1997 to 1999. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Anniesland from 1978 to 2000. Dewar was also Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the equivalent seat from 1999 to 2000."
tagline: "Scottish politician, 1st First Minister of Scotland (in office from 1999 to 2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Donald_Dewar_in_Strasbourg%2C_1999_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1937-08-21"
deathDate: "2000-10-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump