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Donald Dewar
First Meenister o Scotland
In office
13 Mey 1999 – 11 October 2000
MonarchElizabeth II
DeputeJim Wallace
Precedit biPoseetion established
Succeedit biJim Wallace (Actin)
Henry McLeish
Secretar o State for Scotland
In office
2 Mey 1997 – 17 Mey 1999
Prime MeenisterTony Blair
Precedit biMichael Forsyth
Succeedit biJohn Reid
Leader o Labour in the Scots Pairlament
In office
7 Mey 1999 – 11 October 2000
LeaderTony Blair
Precedit biPoseetion established
Succeedit biHenry McLeish
Chief Whip o the Labour Pairty
In office
19 October 1995 – 2 Mey 1997
LeaderTony Blair
Precedit biDerek Foster
Succeedit biNick Brown
Shadow Secretar o State for Social Security
In office
18 Julie 1992 – 19 October 1995
LeaderJohn Smith
Margaret Beckett (Actin)
Tony Blair
Precedit biMichael Meacher
Succeedit biChris Smith
Shadow Secretar o State for Scotland
In office
31 October 1983 – 18 Julie 1992
LeaderNeil Kinnock
Precedit biBruce Millan
Succeedit biTom Clarke
Member o the Scots Pairlament
for Glesga Anniesland
In office
6 Mey 1999 – 11 October 2000
Precedit biConstituency established
Succeedit biBill Butler
Member o Pairlament
for Glesga Anniesland
In office
2 Mey 1997 – 11 October 2000
Precedit biConstituency established
Succeedit biJohn Robertson
Member o Pairlament
for Glesga Garscadden
In office
13 Aprile 1978 – 2 Mey 1997
Precedit biWilliam Small
Succeedit biConstituency abolished
Member o Pairlament
for Aiberdeen Sooth
In office
31 Mairch 1966 – 18 Juin 1970
Precedit biPriscilla Buchan
Succeedit biIain Sproat
Personal details
Born21 August 1937(1937-08-21)
Glesga, Scotland
Dee'd11 October 2000(2000-10-11) (aged 63)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Poleetical pairtyLabour
Spoose(s)Alison McNair (1964–1973)
BairnsMarion
Iain
Alma materVarsity o Glesga

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.

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.