First Salmond government

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The first meeting of the Salmond government, on 22 May 2007

The first Salmond government, which was sworn in on 16 May 2007 at the start of the 3rd Scottish Parliament, was a Scottish National Party minority government.

Having won the largest number of seats in the general election (47 of 129) the SNP sought to form a coalition with the Scottish Liberal Democrats. When those talks failed, the SNP chose to form a one-party minority government, with confidence and supply support from the Scottish Green Party and the Scottish Conservative Party. SNP leader Alex Salmond was elected first minister on 16 May 2007; his slate of ministerial appointments were ratified by the Scottish Parliament the following day.

History

On 16 May 2007, a few hours after Salmond was sworn in by parliament, he announced a his intention to form a government composed of five cabinet secretaries and ten junior ministers.[1] Furthermore, the Lord Advocate lost her seat in the cabinet.[2]

A cabinet reshuffle took place in February 2009.[3]

List of ministers

Cabinet[4]
Post Minister Term
First Minister The Rt Hon. Alex Salmond MSP 2007–2011
Deputy First Minister
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing		 Nicola Sturgeon MSP 2007–2011
Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth John Swinney MSP 2007–2011
Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning Fiona Hyslop MSP 2007–2009
Michael Russell MSP 2009–2011
Cabinet Secretary for Justice Kenny MacAskill MSP 2007–2011
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment Richard Lochhead MSP 2007–2011

Junior ministers[4]
Post Minister Term
Minister for Parliamentary Business Bruce Crawford MSP 2007–2011
Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture Linda Fabiani MSP 2007–2009
Minister for Culture, External Affairs and the Constitution Mike Russell MSP 2009
Minister for Culture and External Affairs Fiona Hyslop MSP 2009–2011
Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism Jim Mather MSP 2007–2011
Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Stewart Stevenson MSP 2007–2010
Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Keith Brown MSP 2010–2011
Minister for Schools and Skills Maureen Watt MSP 2007–2009
Keith Brown MSP 2009–2010
Minister for Skills and Lifelong Learning
Angela Constance MSP 2010–2011
Minister for Children and Early Years Adam Ingram MSP 2007–2011
Minister for Public Health Shona Robison MSP 2007–2009
Minister for Public Health and Sport 2009–2011
Minister for Communities and Sport Stewart Maxwell MSP 2007–2009
Minister for Housing and Communities Alex Neil MSP 2009–2011
Minister for Community Safety Fergus Ewing MSP 2007–2011
Minister for Environment Mike Russell MSP 2007–2009
Roseanna Cunningham MSP 2009–2010
Minister for Environment and Climate Change 2010–2011

Law officers[4]
Post Name Term
Lord Advocate The Right Hon. Elish Angiolini QC 2007–2011
Solicitor General for Scotland The Right Hon. Frank Mulholland QC 2007–2011

References

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