Dewar government


The Dewar government was a coalition composed of the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats that was formed by Donald Dewar at the start of the 1st Scottish Parliament. Dewar, as Scotland's first First Minister, obtained the Scottish Parliament's approval for the first slate of members of the Scottish Executive on 19 May 1999. The government ended with Dewar's death on 11 October 2000.

List of ministers

Cabinet

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Junior ministers

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Changes

unexpectedly resigned from his post as Lord Advocate on 17 February 2000. The post was filled by the then Solicitor General, Colin Boyd, who was in turn replaced by Neil Davidson.