John Swinney

John Swinney
The Richt Honourable; John Swinney; MSP
	Official portrait, 2026
First Meenister o Scotland
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 8 May 2024
Monarch	Charles III
Depute	Kate Forbes; Jenny Gilruth
Precedit bi	Humza Yousaf
Leader o the Scots Naitional Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 6 May 2024
Deputy	Keith Brown
Precedit bi	Humza Yousaf
	In office; 26 September 2000 – 3 September 2004
Deputy	Roseanna Cunningham
Precedit bi	Alex Salmond
Succeedit bi	Alex Salmond
Depute First Meenister of Scotland
	In office; 21 November 2014 – 28 Mairch 2023
Precedit bi	Nicola Sturgeon
Succeedit bi	Shona Robison
Cabinet offices; 2007–2023
Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy
	Acting; 16 July 2022 – 28 March 2023
Precedit bi	Kate Forbes
Succeedit bi	Shona Robison (Finance); Neil Gray (Wellbeing Economy, Fair Work and Energy)
	In office; 17 May 2007 – 18 May 2016
Precedit bi	Tom McCabe
Succeedit bi	Derek Mackay (Finance); Keith Brown (Economy)
Cabinet Secretary for Covid Rekivery
	In office; 18 May 2021 – 28 March 2023
Precedit bi	Office established
Succeedit bi	Office abolished
Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills
	In office; 18 May 2016 – 18 May 2021
Precedit bi	Angela Constance (Education); Roseanna Cunningham (Skills)
Succeedit bi	Shirley-Anne Somerville
Party political offices
Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party
	In office; 25 August 1998 – 26 September 2000
Leader	Alex Salmond
Precedit bi	Allan Macartney
Succeedit bi	Roseanna Cunningham
Parliamentary offices
Member of the Scottish Parliament; for Perthshire North ; North Tayside (1999–2011)
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 6 May 1999
Precedit bi	Constituency established
Majority	6,243 (17.0%)
Member of Parliament ; for North Tayside
	In office; 1 May 1997 – 14 May 2001
Precedit bi	Bill Walker
Succeedit bi	Pete Wishart
Personal details
Born	John Ramsay Swinney; 13 Aprile 1964 (age 62); Edinburgh, Scotland
Poleetical pairty	Scots Naitional Pairty
Spoose(s)	Lorna King (m. 1991; div. 2000); Elizabeth Quigley (m. 2003);
Bairns	3
Relatives	Tom Hunter (uncle)
Eddication	Forrester High School
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh (MA)
Wabsteid	www.johnswinney.scot; First Minister of Scotland(in Inglis)

John Ramsey Swinney (born 13 Aprile 1964), is a Scots politeecian wha has servit as Heidsman o the SNP an First Meenister o Scotland syne Mey 2024 (he wis previously Heidsman o his pairty frae 2000 tae 2004), an a Commissioner tae the Scots Pairlament, representin the Scots National Pairty (SNP). In baith 1999 an 2003, he wis waled for tae represent the consteetuency o Tayside North. He ance representit the consteetuency at Wastmeinster forbye, atween 1997 an 2001. He wis Deputy First Meenister an Secretar for Eddication in Nicola Sturgeon's govrenment. Frae the May 2021 election tae Mairch 2023 he wis Deputy First Meenister an Cabinet Secretar fir Covid Recovery.^[1] Swinney becam First Meenister on 8 Mey 2024 efter the demission o Humza Yousaf efter the collapse o the Bute House Greeance wi the Greens.

References

↑ "Deputy First Minister - gov.scot". www.gov.scot (in Inglis). Retrieved 17 Januar 2022.

↑ Previously titled Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth from 2007 to 2011; Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth from 2011 to 2014; and Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Economy from 2014 to 2016
↑ Swinney was acting Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy during the maternity leave of Kate Forbes from 2022 to 2023.

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[3] "Deputy First Minister - gov.scot". www.gov.scot (in Inglis). Retrieved 17 Januar 2022.

[1] Previously titled Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth from 2007 to 2011; Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth from 2011 to 2014; and Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Economy from 2014 to 2016

[Forbes_Maternity-2] Swinney was acting Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy during the maternity leave of Kate Forbes from 2022 to 2023.

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