Shona Robison

Shona Robison
MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport
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 Alex Neil as Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners' Rights
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Dundee City East
Dundee East 2003-2011
Assumed office
1 May 2003
Preceded by John McAllion
Majority 10,898
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 shona.robison.scot

Shona McRory Robison (born 26 May 1966) is a Scottish politician who is 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.[1] Previously she had represented the SNP as an Additional Members System member for North East Scotland, having been elected in the 1999 election.[2]

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.[3]

After the SNP's victory in the 2007 Scottish Parliament Election, Robison was appointed as the Minister for Public Health.[4] In 2009, she was made Minister for Public Health and Sport in a Ministerial reshuffle.[5] 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 ,[6] 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. They have one daughter. It was announced on 15 May 2016 that the couple have separated.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Labour suffers election casualties". BBC News. 2 May 2003. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
  2. ↑ "Previous MSPs: Session 1 (1999-2003): Shona Robison MSP". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Previous MSPs: Session 2 (2003-2007): Shona Robison MSP". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "The Scottish Executive". The Herald (Glasgow). 17 May 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Previous MSPs: Session 3 (2007-2011): Shona Robison MSP". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "International Women's Day Debate". House of Commons Hansard Debates. 6 March 2008. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
  7. ↑ "SNP husband and wife Stewart Hosie and Shona Robison separate". The Scotsman. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
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
2007–2011 		Succeeded by
Michael Matheson (as Minister for Public Health)
Preceded by
Office created		 Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport
2011–2014 		Succeeded by
Jamie Hepburn as Minister for Sport, Health Improvement and Mental Health
Preceded by
Office created		 Cabinet Secretary for Commonwealth Games, Sport, Equalities and Pensioners' Rights
2014 		Succeeded by
Alex Neil as Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners' Rights
Preceded by
Alex Neil		 Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport
2014–present 		Incumbent
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