Shona Robison
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Shona McRory Robison (born 26 May 1966) is a Scottish politician serving as Deputy First Minister of Scotland and Cabinet Secretary for Finance since 2023. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Dundee City East since 2003[lower-alpha 2] and was an additional member for the North East Scotland region from 1999 to 2003.
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Deputy First Minister of Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 29 March 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Minister | Humza Yousaf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | John Swinney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cabinet Secretary for Finance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 29 March 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Minister | Humza Yousaf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Kate Forbes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government[lower-alpha 1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 20 May 2021 – 28 March 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Minister | Nicola Sturgeon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Aileen Campbell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Shirley-Anne Somerville | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 22 April 2014 – 21 November 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Minister | Alex Salmond | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Office established | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Alex Neil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 21 November 2014 – 26 June 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Minister | Nicola Sturgeon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Alex Neil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Jeane Freeman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Shona McRory Robison (1966-05-26) 26 May 1966 (age 57) Redcar, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Scottish National Party | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Website | shona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robison served as Minister for Public Health and Sport from 2007 to 2011. She then oversaw the Scottish Government's preparations for the 2014 Commonwealth Games as Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport from 2011 to April 2014, when she was promoted to the Scottish Cabinet by Alex Salmond as Cabinet Secretary for Commonwealth Games, Sport, Equalities and Pensioners' Rights. When Nicola Sturgeon succeeded Salmond as First Minister in November 2014, she appointed Robison the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport.
In 2018, she resigned from government during a cabinet reshuffle after being widely criticised for her poorly received tenure as Health Secretary.[3][4][5] She returned to the backbenches, where she served on the justice and health committees. In 2021, Robison returned to Sturgeon's government as the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government. During her tenure in the position, she oversaw the government's efforts to pass the controversial Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. Following Sturgeon's resignation as first minister in 2023, Robison was appointed Deputy First Minister and Finance Secretary by Humza Yousaf in his new government.