Allan Macartney
| Dr Allan Macartney | |
|---|---|
| Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party | |
|
In office 25 September 1992 – 25 August 1998 |
|
| Leader | Alex Salmond |
| Preceded by | Jim Sillars |
| Succeeded by | John Swinney |
| Member of the European Parliament for North East Scotland |
|
|
In office 9 June 1994 – 25 August 1998 |
|
| Preceded by | Henry McCubbin |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 February 1941 Accra, Gold Coast (now Ghana) |
| Died | 25 August 1998 (aged 57) Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Forsyth (m. 1963-1998) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
University of Tübingen University of Marburg University of Edinburgh University of Glasgow |
| Religion | Church of Scotland |
Dr William John Allan Macartney (17 February 1941 – 25 August 1998) was a Scottish politician who served as a Scottish National Party MEP for the North East Scotland constituency between the 1994 European Parliament election and his sudden death from a heart attack in 1998.
Born in Africa, the son of a Church of Scotland minister, his family soon returned to Scotland and he was schooled in Elgin, Moray. He studied at the universities of Tübingen and Marburg in Germany, and then at the universities of Edinburgh (graduating in Economic Science in 1962) and Glasgow.
Upon completing his studies he returned to Africa as a voluntary secondary schoolteacher in eastern Nigeria (1963−1964). He then worked as a lecturer in government and administration at the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland from 1966 to 1974. He completed a PhD on the politics of Botswana, supervised by John Mackintosh.
Upon returning to Scotland, he continued his academic career, serving as Staff Tutor in Politics at the Open University from 1975 to 1994. He founded the Unit for the Study of Government in Scotland at the University of Edinburgh, and was elected Rector of the University of Aberdeen.
...
Wikipedia