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List of Scottish Executive Ministerial Teams is a list of Scottish Executive ministerial teams.
Dewar Government
Donald Dewar, Scotland's first First Minister, obtained the Scottish Parliament's approval to the first slate of members of the Scottish Executive and Junior Scottish Ministers on 19 May 1999.
In March 2000, Andrew Hardie was made a Senator of the College of Justice. His office as Lord Advocate was filled by the Solicitor General, Colin Boyd, and the office of Solicitor General was filled by Neil Davidson.
McLeish Government
Following the death of Donald Dewar, Henry McLeish was appointed as First Minister on 26 October 2000.
Tavish Scott resigned on 9 March 2001 following disagreement with Scottish Executive policy on fisheries. He was replaced by Euan Robson. Sam Galbraith resigned on 20 March 2001, and his environment portfolio was combined with that of rural development. Planning was added to the Transport portfolio, and Lewis Macdonald was appointed as Deputy Minister for Transport and Planning. Allan Wilson became Deputy Minister for Sport, the Arts and Culture, reporting to the First Minister.
McConnell Government, 2001
Following Henry McLeish's resignation as First Minister, Jack McConnell was appointed as First Minister 22 November 2001.
On 4 May 2002, Wendy Alexander resigned from the Scottish Executive. Her post as Enterprise Minister was filled by Iain Gray, and his post as Social Justice Minister was in turn filled by Margaret Curran, who had been his deputy. Hugh Henry moved from Health to become Deputy Minister for Social Justice and Frank McAveety returned to ministerial office as one of the Deputy Ministers for Health and Community Care.
McConnell Government, 2003
A further reshuffle followed the Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2003.
In October 2004, Frank McAveety and Mary Mulligan stepped down as ministers. Andy Kerr moved from Finance to Health, with Rhona Brankin as his deputy. Margaret Curran moved from Communities to Parliamentary Business, and Patricia Ferguson took over Tourism, Culture & Sport. Malcolm Chisholm moved to Communities, with Johann Lamont as his deputy. Tom McCabe moved to Finance to replace Andy Kerr, and Allan Wilson and Lewis Macdonald exchanged their Environment & Rural Development and Enterprise & Lifelong Learning portfolios.
In June 2005, Jim Wallace stood down as Deputy First Minister and Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning, and was replaced by Nicol Stephen. Tavish Scott was moved to take on the Transport portfolio, and was replaced as Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Services and Parliamentary Business by George Lyon. Robert Brown replaced Euan Robson at Education. Rhona Brankin and Lewis Macdonald exchanged their Health and Environment posts.
Current Ministerial Team
The current ministerial team can be seen at Scottish Executive.
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"List of Scottish Executive Ministerial Teams"