Jeane Freeman
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Jeane Freeman OBE MSP |
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| Minister for Social Security | |
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Assumed office 18 May 2016 |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley |
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Assumed office 6 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Adam Ingram |
| Majority | 6,006 |
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| Born | Ayr, Ayrshire |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
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Communist Party Labour Party |
| Alma mater | Glasgow College of Technology |
Jeane Tennent Freeman OBE MSP is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. She has been the Minister for Social Security in Scotland since May 2016, having been elected as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley at the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.
Freeman was born in Ayr, the daughter of an aircraft fitter and a nurse. She was raised in South Ayrshire. Freeman attended the Glasgow College of Technology and studied sociology and politics.
Freeman was a leading member of the Communist Party's student wing and in 1979 she became the first woman to chair the National Union of Students Scotland. In 1983 Freeman was a member of the Communist party's Congress Arrangements Committee which oversaw the running of that years party congress.
In 1987, Freeman established Apex Scotland, a criminal justice employment organisation for which she served as Chief Executive for twelve years. She was appointed as a member of the Parole Board for Scotland in 2006 and has also played roles on the Scottish Police Services Authority Board. She was appointed as a Lay Member to the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland, commencing November 2011 for a four-year period.
In 2008 she was appointed to board of the National Waiting Times Centre, the special health board that runs the Golden Jubilee National Hospital. In January 2015 she was reappointed as the Chair to the National Waiting Times Centre Board. In March 2016 she stepped down from this role.
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