Maureen Watt
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Maureen Watt MSP |
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| Minister for Mental Health | |
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Assumed office 18 May 2016 |
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| First Minister | Nicola Sturgeon |
| Preceded by | Jamie Hepburn (as Minister for Sport, Health Improvement and Mental Health) |
| Minister for Public Health | |
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In office 21 November 2014 – 18 May 2016 |
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| First Minister | Nicola Sturgeon |
| Preceded by | Michael Matheson |
| Succeeded by | Aileen Campbell |
| Convener of the Scottish Parliament Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee | |
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In office 15 June 2011 – 25 November 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Patrick Harvie (as Convenor of the Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee) |
| Succeeded by | Jim Eadie |
| Minister for Schools and Skills | |
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In office 17 May 2007 – 10 February 2009 |
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| First Minister | Alex Salmond |
| Preceded by | Hugh Henry |
| Succeeded by | Keith Brown |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine |
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Assumed office 6 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Nicol Stephen |
| Majority | 2,755 |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament for North East Scotland |
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In office 19 April 2006 – 23 March 2011 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 June 1951 |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Relations | Hamish Watt (father) |
| Children | Stuart Donaldson |
Maureen Elizabeth Watt (born 23 June 1951) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who is Minister for Mental Health in the Scottish Government. She is the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) representing the constituency of Aberdeen South and North Kincardine since 2011, having previously served as a regional for North East Scotland from 2006 until 2011.
Born in Aberdeen to a farming family, she was educated at Keith Grammar School and studied at University of Strathclyde, graduating with an Honours degree in Politics. She went on to gain a Postgraduate Certificate in Education from the University of Birmingham.
She was a teacher in Social Studies at a Comprehensive school in England from 1974−1976 and moved back to Scotland to work in the oil sector. In the mid-1990s she worked as Rector’s Assessor for Allan Macartney when he was Rector of the University of Aberdeen. In 1998 she was appointed to the Independent Commission on Local Government and the Scottish Parliament.
She was a Councillor on Grampian Regional Council and had served on the Visiting Committee of Aberdeen Prison.
Watt stood a candidate in the Scottish Parliament election, 2003 but was not elected. Before the term ended, Richard Lochhead resigned his seat to contest the Moray by-election. The next person on the SNP list from the 2003 election had been Alasdair Allan but he refused his place in Parliament as he had secured the SNP nomination for the Western Isles for the 2007 election. The next person on the list was Maureen Watt, who took up the place.
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