Annabelle Ewing
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Annabelle Ewing MSP |
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| Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs | |
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Assumed office 18 May 2016 |
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| Minister for Youth and Women's Employment | |
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In office 21 November 2014 – 18 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Angela Constance (as Minister for Youth Employment until 22 April 2014) |
| Succeeded by | Jamie Hepburn (as Minister for Employability and Training) |
| Deputy Convener of the Scottish Parliament Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee |
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In office 15 June 2011 – 21 November 2014 |
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| Preceded by | John Scott (as Deputy Convener of the Rural Affairs and Environment Committee) |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Cowdenbeath |
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Assumed office 6 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Alex Rowley |
| Majority | 3,041 |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Scotland and Fife |
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In office 5 May 2011 – 23 March 2016 |
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Member of Parliament for Perth |
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In office 7 June 2001 – 11 April 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Roseanna Cunningham |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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| Born | 20 August 1960 |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Website | Official website |
Annabelle Janet Ewing (born 20 August 1960) is a Scottish politician, lawyer and Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs in the Scottish Government. She is the Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife region. She was formerly the Minister for Youth and Women's Employment 2014−16. She is a former Member of Parliament for Perth 2001−05.
She attended the Craigholme School for Girls in Glasgow and the University of Glasgow, where she graduated with a law degree.
Before becoming an MP, Annabelle Ewing was a European Community competition lawyer in Brussels and ran a small legal practice.
She lives in Perthshire. Her mother is former SNP President, Winnie Ewing, who in the past was a member of three different parliaments — Westminster, the Scottish Parliament and the European Parliament. She is sister to MSP (Member of the Scottish Parliament) Fergus Ewing, and sister-in-law to the late Margaret Ewing, who was also an MSP and a former Westminster MP.
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