Angus Robertson
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The Right Honourable Angus Robertson MP |
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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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Assumed office 23 May 2007 |
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| Deputy | Stewart Hosie |
| Preceded by | Alex Salmond |
| SNP Parliamentary Spokesperson on Defence and Foreign Affairs | |
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In office May 2001 – March 2015 |
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| Succeeded by |
Brendan O'Hara (Defence) Alex Salmond (International Affairs and Europe) |
| SNP Parliamentary Spokesperson on Europe and the Office of Deputy Prime Minister | |
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In office 2005–2007 |
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| Succeeded by | Stephen Gethins (Europe) |
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Member of Parliament for Moray |
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Assumed office 7 June 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Margaret Ewing |
| Majority | 9,065 (18.4%) |
| Personal details | |
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Angus Struan Carolus Robertson 28 September 1969 Wimbledon, London, UK |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Spouse(s) | Jennifer Dempsie (m. 2016) |
| Alma mater | University of Aberdeen |
| Website | Official website |
Angus Struan Carolus Robertson MP (born 28 September 1969) is a Scottish politician who is Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and spokesperson on the Constitution in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Moray.
A graduate of the University of Aberdeen, Robertson worked as a journalist. He was first elected to the House of Commons in 2001.
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.
Robertson joined the Scottish National Party in 1984, at the age of 15, after being given a leaflet about the party's youth wing by Charlie Reid of The Proclaimers.
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