Kate Forbes
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Kate Elizabeth Forbes is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy First Minister of Scotland and Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Gaelic from 2024 to 2026. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she previously served as Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy from 2020 to 2023.
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Forbes attended Selwyn College, Cambridge from 2008 to 2011
Official parliamentary portrait, 2016
Forbes speaking at the 2018 SNP Conference
Forbes outside Bute House following her appointment to the Scottish cabinet, 17 February 2020. (From left to right; Jenny Gilruth, herself, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, and Fiona Hyslop.)
Forbes prepares the 2022-2023 Scottish budget, December 2021
Forbes with Florent Menegaux, Chief Executive of Michelin at Atlantic Quay Glasgow in November 2021
Forbes visiting Goodtrees Neighbourhood Centre ahead of the 2022 Scottish budget on 8 December 2021.In their own words 5
The primary calling is to be in the dirt of reality [...] Where do you see Christ historically?
From an interview, as cited in "Kate Forbes: The rooted nomad", New Statesman (6 December 2023)
It is a great injustice when we ignore God's plan for women...
Now, I admit that often I don’t understand the "whys" of God’s plans. Maybe it's because I don’t know myself as well as He does. He knows the exact number of hairs on my head.
Letter originally published anonymously in 2014 on the website The Wee Flea run by David Robertson, a former minister of the Free Church of
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About this person
Kate Elizabeth Forbes is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy First Minister of Scotland and Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Gaelic from 2024 to 2026. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she previously served as Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy from 2020 to 2023. Forbes was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch from 2016 to 2026.
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