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Kenny McAskill

Kenny MacAskill
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Cabinet Secretary for Justice
In office
17 May 2007 – 21 November 2014
First Minister Alex Salmond
Preceded by Cathy Jamieson
Succeeded by Michael Matheson
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Edinburgh Eastern
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh 2007–2011
In office
3 May 2007 – 23 March 2016
Preceded by Susan Deacon
Succeeded by Ash Denham
Majority 2233 (7.3%)
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Lothians
In office
6 May 1999 – 3 May 2007
Personal details
Born (1958-04-28) 28 April 1958 (age 59)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Nationality Scottish
Political party Scottish National Party
Alma mater University of Edinburgh
Profession Solicitor
Website www.kennymacaskill.co.uk

Kenneth "Kenny" Wright MacAskill (born 28 April 1958) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who is a former Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) 1999−2016 and former Cabinet Secretary for Justice 2007−2014. He was MSP for the first four sessions of the Parliament, representing the Lothians region 1999−2007, then the constituency of Edinburgh East and Musselburgh 2007–11 and Edinburgh Eastern constituency 2011−16.

MacAskill studied law at the University of Edinburgh and worked as a solicitor and was a senior partner in an Edinburgh law firm, before being elected as an MSP in 1999. He was a long-standing member of the SNP's National Executive Committee and has served as National Treasurer and Vice Convener of Policy. He was convener of the Scottish Parliament Subordinate Legislation Committee (1999-2001), and served in the SNP Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning (2001-2003), Shadow Minister for Transport and Telecommunications (2003-2004) and Shadow Minister for Justice (2004-2007).

Following the SNP's victory in the 2007 Scottish Parliament Election, MacAskill was appointed as Cabinet Secretary for Justice in the Scottish Government. He left office in November 2014 in the Cabinet reshuffle which followed the appointment of Nicola Sturgeon as First Minister of Scotland.


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