Ken Macintosh
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The Right Honourable Ken Macintosh MSP |
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| 5th Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament | |
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Assumed office 12 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Tricia Marwick |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for West Scotland |
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Assumed office 5 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Stuart McMillan |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Eastwood |
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In office 6 May 1999 – 5 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Jackson Carlaw |
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15 January 1962 Inverness, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
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Independent (2016–, party membership suspended while Presiding Officer) Scottish Labour Party (Until 2016) |
| Spouse(s) | Claire |
| Children | Four daughters, two sons |
| Residence | Busby, East Renfrewshire |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Occupation | Television journalist, producer (1987–1999) |
Kenneth Donald "Ken" Macintosh (born 15 January 1962) is the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament and a MSP for the West Scotland region. He was first elected in the 1999 Scottish Parliament election as a Scottish Labour candidate, and retained his seat of Eastwood in the 2003, 2007 and the 2011 elections, but lost it in the 2016 election. In that election, he was returned on the regional list. He previously worked as a television producer for the BBC.
Born in Inverness, Macintosh was educated at the Portree and Oban primary schools before attending Royal High School, Edinburgh. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an History MA (Hons) in 1984.
Both his parents were headteachers. His father Dr Farquhar Macintosh CBE was a Gaelic speaker from Skye, a leading intellectual in Scottish education and was Rector of the Royal High in Edinburgh and chair of the Scottish Examination Board. His mother, Margaret Macintosh, is from Peebles and was head of Drummond Community High and assistant head of Wester Hailes Education Centre.
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