Shona Robison

Shona Robison MSP
File:Shona Robison, Minister for Public Health and Sport.jpg
Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 November 2014
First Minister	Nicola Sturgeon
Preceded by	Alex Neil
Cabinet Secretary for Commonwealth Games, Sport, Equalities and Pensioners' Rights
In office 22 April 2014 – 21 November 2014
First Minister	Alex Salmond
Preceded by	Office Created
Succeeded by	Office Abolished
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dundee City East Dundee East 2003-2011
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 May 2003
Preceded by	John McAllion
Majority	10,679 (41.5%)
Member of the Scottish Parliament for North East Scotland
In office 6 May 1999 – 1 May 2003
Personal details
Born	(1966-05-26) 26 May 1966 Redcar, Yorkshire, England
Political party	Scottish National Party
Spouse(s)	Stewart Hosie
Children	1
Alma mater	University of Glasgow Jordanhill College
Profession	Community worker, Home care organiser
Website	Official website

Shona McRory Robison (born 26 May 1966) is a Scottish politician who has been Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport since 2014 and Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dundee City East since 2011. She was elected as a Scottish National Party candidate in the 2003 election. Previously she had represented the SNP as an Additional Members System member for North East Scotland, having been elected in the 1999 election.

Early life and career

Born in Redcar, England, she went to Alva Academy, and then gained an MA in Social Sciences at Glasgow University in 1989, and gained a Postgraduate Cert in Community Education, obtained in 1990 at Jordanhill College. She was active in the SNP Youth Wing along with figures such as Nicola Sturgeon and Fiona Hyslop.

In 2003 she became the SNP's Party Spokesperson on Health, remaining in this position until 2007.

After the SNP's victory in the 2007 Scottish Parliament Election, Robison was appointed as the Minister for Public Health. In 2009, she was made Minister for Public Health and Sport in a Ministerial reshuffle. Following the 2011 election, she was made Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport, with Michael Matheson taking on the Minister for Public Health portfolio. In April 2014, Alex Salmond promoted her to the full Cabinet position of Cabinet Secretary for Commonwealth Games, Sport, Equalities and Pensioners' Rights. Robison was moved to the Health brief in Nicola Sturgeon's first Ministerial reshuffle in November 2014.

Personal life

She is married to Stewart Hosie, who is the SNP's Depute Leader and Westminster MP for Dundee East. He also is a former National Secretary of the SNP, and who has served as the party's Vice Convenor in charge of Organisation.

External links

• Official website
• Scottish Parliament
• Scottish Government
• SNP website
• Dundee SNP website
• They Work For You
• BBC Democracy Live
• Public Whip Voting Record

Scottish Parliament
Preceded by Constituency Created	Member of the Scottish Parliament for North East Scotland 1999–2003	Succeeded by Marlyn Glen
Preceded by John McAllion as Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dundee East	Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dundee City East Dundee East (2003–2011) 2003–present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Lewis Macdonald (as Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care)	Minister for Public Health Minister for Public Health and Sport 2007–2009	Succeeded by Michael Matheson (as Minister for Public Health)
Preceded by Office created	Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport 2011–2014	Succeeded by Office abolished
Preceded by Office created	Cabinet Secretary for Commonwealth Games, Sport, Equalities and Pensioners' Rights 2014	Succeeded by Office abolished
Preceded by Alex Neil	Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport 2014–present	Incumbent