Minister for Veterans (Scotland)

Minister for Veterans
Scottish Gaelic: Ministear airson Seann Shaighdearan

Incumbent Graeme Dey since 29 March 2023
Style	Minister (within parliament) Veterans Minister (informal) Scottish Veterans Minister (outwith Scotland)
Member of	Scottish Parliament Scottish Government
Reports to	Scottish Parliament
Seat	Edinburgh
Appointer	First Minister
Inaugural holder	Graeme Dey Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans
Formation	27 June 2018
Salary	£106,185 per annum (2024)^[1] (including £72,196 MSP salary)
Website	www.gov.scot

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The Minister for Veterans is a junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government. As a result, the Minister does not attend^[2] the Scottish Cabinet. The post was created in March 2023 after the appointment of the Humza Yousaf as First Minister of Scotland.

Ministers[edit]

Name		Portrait	Entered Office	Left Office	Party	First Minister
Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans[edit]
	Graeme Dey		27 June 2018	20 May 2021	Scottish National Party	Nicola Sturgeon
Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans[edit]
Name		Portrait	Entered Office	Left Office	Party	First Minister
	Keith Brown		20 May 2021	29 March 2023	Scottish National Party	Nicola Sturgeon
Minister for Veterans[edit]
Name		Portrait	Entered Office	Left Office	Party	First Minister
	Graeme Dey^[3]		29 March 2023	Incumbent	Scottish National Party	Humza Yousaf John Swinney

References[edit]

^ "MSP salaries". parliament.scot. The Scottish Parliament. 10 May 2024.
^ Scotland Act (1998), Only those appointed under Section 47 of the Scotland Act "attend" Cabinet. Junior ministers are appointed under Section 49 and may be "present".
^ Paton, Craig. "Yousaf says SNP is 'united' as he appoints supporters to his first Cabinet". Evening Standard. Retrieved 30 March 2023.

External links[edit]

Cabinet and Ministers on Scottish Government website

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Yousaf government
George Adam (Parliamentary Business) Tom Arthur (Community Wealth and Public Finance) Siobhian Brown (Victims and Community Safety) Graeme Dey (Higher and Further Education and Veterans) Natalie Don (Children, Young People and Keeping the Promise) Jim Fairlie (Agriculture and Connectivity) Joe FitzPatrick (Local Government Empowerment and Planning) Patrick Harvie (Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants' Rights) Jamie Hepburn (Independence) Richard Lochhead (Small Business, Innovation, Tourism and Trade) Gillian Martin (Energy, Just Transition & Fair Work) Christina McKelvie (Drugs and Alcohol Policy) Paul McLennan (Housing) Jenni Minto (Public Health and Women's Health) Emma Roddick (Equalities, Migration and Refugees) Lorna Slater (Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity) Kaukab Stewart(Culture, Europe and International Development) Maree Todd (Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport) Elena Whitham
Category Politics of Scotland

Ministers[edit]

Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans[edit]

Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans[edit]

Minister for Veterans[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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