Donald Dewar
✓ Source-basedrisingScottish politician, 1st First Minister of Scotland (in office from 1999 to 2000)
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.
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Dewar attended The Glasgow Academy, which at the time, was an all boys independent school in Hillhead.
Official first ministerial portrait, 1999
Dewar chairs the first reconvened Scottish Cabinet as First Minister
Dewar (centre) in Strasbourg, February 1999
Dewar (left) at the state opening of the Scottish Parliament alongside Queen Elizabeth II and Presiding Officer David Steel, 1999
Dewar with Michel Barnier at the European Commission in Brussels, October 1999Politicians from United Kingdom 6
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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.
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