Donald Dewar

Donald Campbell Dewar (21 August 1937 – 11 October 2000) wis the First Meenister o Scotland frae 1999 til he dee'd in 2000. He wis the first body tae haud the poseetion o First Meenister efter the estaiblishment o the Scots Pairlament in 1999.

The Richt Honourable Donald Dewar
First Meenister o Scotland
In office 13 Mey 1999 – 11 October 2000
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Depute	Jim Wallace
Precedit bi	Poseetion established
Succeedit bi	Jim Wallace (Actin) Henry McLeish
Secretar o State for Scotland
In office 2 Mey 1997 – 17 Mey 1999
Prime Meenister	Tony Blair
Precedit bi	Michael Forsyth
Succeedit bi	John Reid
Leader o Labour in the Scots Pairlament
In office 7 Mey 1999 – 11 October 2000
Leader	Tony Blair
Precedit bi	Poseetion established
Succeedit bi	Henry McLeish
Chief Whip o the Labour Pairty
In office 19 October 1995 – 2 Mey 1997
Leader	Tony Blair
Precedit bi	Derek Foster
Succeedit bi	Nick Brown
Shadow Secretar o State for Social Security
In office 18 Julie 1992 – 19 October 1995
Leader	John Smith Margaret Beckett (Actin) Tony Blair
Precedit bi	Michael Meacher
Succeedit bi	Chris Smith
Shadow Secretar o State for Scotland
In office 31 October 1983 – 18 Julie 1992
Leader	Neil Kinnock
Precedit bi	Bruce Millan
Succeedit bi	Tom Clarke
Member o the Scots Pairlament for Glesga Anniesland
In office 6 Mey 1999 – 11 October 2000
Precedit bi	Constituency established
Succeedit bi	Bill Butler
Member o Pairlament for Glesga Anniesland
In office 2 Mey 1997 – 11 October 2000
Precedit bi	Constituency established
Succeedit bi	John Robertson
Member o Pairlament for Glesga Garscadden
In office 13 Aprile 1978 – 2 Mey 1997
Precedit bi	William Small
Succeedit bi	Constituency abolished
Member o Pairlament for Aiberdeen Sooth
In office 31 Mairch 1966 – 18 Juin 1970
Precedit bi	Priscilla Buchan
Succeedit bi	Iain Sproat
Personal details
Born	21 August 1937(1937-08-21) Glesga, Scotland
Dee'd	11 October 2000(2000-10-11) (aged 63) Edinburgh, Scotland
Poleetical pairty	Labour
Spoose(s)	Alison McNair (1964–1973)
Bairns	Marion Iain
Alma mater	Varsity o Glesga

Dewar wis first electit tae Wastmeenster in 1966, afore bein made Secretar o State for Scotland in 1997 follaein the election o a Labour govrenment unner Tony Blair.

The inaugural First Meenister o the Scots Pairlament creatit bi the Scotland Act 1998, Donald Dewar is kent as the Faither o the Naition, or at laest as the faither o devolved govrenment. In his time as Secretar o State for Scotland, his acts an campaigns wis instrumental in gettin Scots devolution. His cutty term in the office he haed helpit tae creaut, endit suddent whan he dee'd o a brain haemorrhage.

Donald Campbell Dewar wis born on 21 August 1937 in Glesga, the anerly bairn o Alasdair Dewar an Mary Dewar (née Bennett). Baith o Dewar's paurents suffert ill heal durin his bairnheid; his faither contractit tuberculosis an his mither haed a benign brain tumour.

A braw statue o Dewar staunds in Glesga.