Dewar government

Dewar government
1st devolved government of Scotland
1999–2000
Date formed	17 May 1999
Date dissolved	11 October 2000
People and organisations
Head of state	Elizabeth II
Head of government	Donald Dewar
Member party	Labour Party Liberal Democrats
Status in legislature	Coalition
History
Election	1999 general election
Legislature term	1st Scottish Parliament
Successor	McLeish government

The Dewar government (17 May 1999 – 11 October 2000) was a coalition of composed of the Scottish Labour Party and the Scottish Liberal Democrats that was formed by Donald Dewar at the start of the 1st Scottish Parliament. Dewar, as Scotland's first First Minister, obtained the Scottish Parliament's approval for the first slate of members of the Scottish Executive on 19 May 1999. The government ended with Dewar's death on 11 October 2000.

List of ministers

Cabinet
Post	Minister		Term	Party
First Minister	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" |	The Rt Hon. Donald Dewar MSP	May 1999–Oct. 2000	Labour Party
Deputy First Minister Minister for Justice	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" |	Jim Wallace QC MSP		Liberal Democrats
Minister for Children and Education	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Sam Galbraith MSP		Labour Party
Minister for Social Inclusion, Local Government and Housing	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Wendy Alexander MSP
Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Henry McLeish MSP
Minister for Finance	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Jack McConnell MSP
Minister for Health and Community Care	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Susan Deacon MSP
Chief Whip and Government Business Manager	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Tom McCabe MSP
Minister for Rural Affairs	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" |	Ross Finnie MSP		Liberal Democrats
Minister for Transport and the Environment	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Sarah Boyack MSP		Labour Party
Lord Advocate	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" |	The Rt Hon. The Lord Hardie PC QC	May 1999–Feb. 2000
	The Rt Hon. Colin Boyd QC	Feb. 2000–Oct. 2000

Junior ministers
Post	Minister		Term	Party
Deputy Minister for Children and Education	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Peter Peacock MSP	May 1999–Oct. 2000	Labour Party
Deputy Minister for Culture and Sport	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Rhona Brankin MSP
Deputy Minister for Social Inclusion, Equality and the Voluntary Sector	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Jackie Baillie MSP
Deputy Minister for Local Government	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Frank McAveety MSP
Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" |	Nicol Stephen MSP		Liberal Democrats
Deputy Minister for Highlands and Islands and Gaelic	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Alasdair Morrison MSP		Labour Party
Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Iain Gray MSP
Deputy Minister for Justice (with particular responsibility for Land Reform)	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Angus MacKay MSP
Deputy Business Manager and Liberal Democrat Whip	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" |	Iain Smith MSP		Liberal Democrats
Deputy Minister for Rural Affairs (with particular responsibility for Fisheries)	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" |	John Home Robertson MSP		Labour Party
Solicitor General for Scotland	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" |	Colin Boyd QC	May 1999–Feb. 2000
	Neil Davidson QC	Feb. 2000–Oct. 2000

Changes

Lord Hardie unexpectedly resigned from his post as Lord Advocate on 17 February 2000. The post was filled by the then Solicitor General, Colin Boyd, who was in turn replaced by Neil Davidson.