Derek Mackay
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Derek Mackay MSP |
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| Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution | |
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Assumed office 18 May 2016 |
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| First Minister | Nicola Sturgeon |
| Preceded by | John Swinney (as Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Economy) |
| Minister for Transport and Islands | |
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In office 21 November 2014 – 18 May 2016 |
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| First Minister | Nicola Sturgeon |
| Preceded by | Keith Brown (as Minister for Transport and Veterans) |
| Succeeded by | Humza Yousaf |
| Minister for Local Government and Planning | |
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In office 7 December 2011 – 21 November 2014 |
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| First Minister | Alex Salmond |
| Preceded by | Aileen Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Marco Biagi (as Minister for Local Government and Community Empowerment) |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Renfrewshire North and West |
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Assumed office 5 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Trish Godman as member for West Renfrewshire |
| Majority | 7373 |
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| Born | 30 July 1977 |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Residence | Renfrew, Renfrewshire |
| Website | www.derekmackaymsp.org |
Derek Mackay (born 30 July 1977) is a Scottish National Party politician who is currently Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution. He previously held the posts of Minister for Transport and Islands (2014–16) and Minister for Local Government and Planning (2011–14) in the Scottish Government. Mackay has been the Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Renfrewshire North and West since 2011.
Mackay was elected to Renfrewshire Council in 1999 at the age of 21. From 2007 to 2011 he was Leader of the Council as part of an SNP-Liberal Democrat coalition administration and from 2009 to 2011 led the SNP group in the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA). He coordinated the SNP campaign in the 2012 Scottish local government elections.
Mackay was educated in Kirklandneuk Primary School and Renfrew High School. He attended the University of Glasgow for some time but dropped out to concentrate on local politics, first being elected at just 21 years old. Prior to his election as a Councillor Mackay was an active community Councillor and Vice Chair of a crime prevention panel.
Mackay joined the SNP at 16 and was involved in both the youth, where he served as National Convener from 1998–2002, and student movements. He was first elected as a councillor for Renfrewshire Council at the age of 21 in 1999, making him at the time the youngest male councillor in Scotland. After his election in 1999, he won three successive ward elections and became leader of Renfrewshire Council in May 2007, taking the SNP from opposition to lead the administration for the first time. He became a national figure in local government, leading the SNP group at the COSLA from 2009 to 2011.
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