Angus Roberston
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The Right Honourable Angus Robertson |
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| Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party | |
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Assumed office 13 October 2016 |
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| Leader | Nicola Sturgeon |
| Preceded by | Stewart Hosie |
| Leader of the Scottish National Party in the House of Commons | |
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In office 23 May 2007 – 8 June 2017 |
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| Deputy | Stewart Hosie |
| Preceded by | Alex Salmond |
| Succeeded by | Ian Blackford |
| SNP Spokesperson for Defence and Foreign Affairs | |
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In office May 2001 – March 2015 |
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| Leader | Alex Salmond |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by |
Brendan O'Hara (Defence) Alex Salmond (International Affairs and Europe) |
| SNP Spokesperson for Europe and the Office of Deputy Prime Minister | |
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In office 2005–2007 |
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| Leader | Alex Salmond |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Gethins (Europe) |
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Member of Parliament for Moray |
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In office 7 June 2001 – 3 May 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Margaret Ewing |
| Succeeded by | Douglas Ross |
| Personal details | |
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Angus Struan Carolus Robertson 28 September 1969 London, England, UK |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Spouse(s) | Jennifer Dempsie (m. 2016) |
| Alma mater | University of Aberdeen |
| Website | Official website |
Angus Struan Carolus Robertson (born 28 September 1969) is a Scottish politician who is the Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and was the party's spokesperson on the Constitution in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. He was first elected to the House of Commons in 2001. In 2017 he sought re-election as the MP for Moray and lost to Scottish Conservative candidate Douglas Ross.
A graduate of the University of Aberdeen, Robertson worked as a journalist.
Robertson was born in Wimbledon, London, to a Scottish father, Struan, who was an engineer, and a German mother, Anna, who was a nurse. Robertson was brought up in Edinburgh and speaks fluent German. He was educated at Broughton High School, Edinburgh and the University of Aberdeen, where he graduated in 1991 with an MA Honours degree in politics and international relations. After university he embarked on a journalistic career, and worked as a foreign and diplomatic correspondent in Central Europe for the BBC World Service, and then for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation ORF.
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