Roseanna Cunningham
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Roseanna Cunningham MSP |
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| Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform | |
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Assumed office 18 May 2016 |
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| First Minister | Nicola Sturgeon |
| Preceded by | Aileen McLeod (as Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform) |
| Cabinet Secretary for Fair Work, Skills and Training | |
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In office 21 November 2014 – 18 May 2016 |
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| First Minister | Nicola Sturgeon |
| Preceded by | Angela Constance (as Cabinet Secretary for Training, Youth and Women's Employment) |
| Succeeded by | Office vacant |
| Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs | |
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In office 25 May 2011 – 21 November 2014 |
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| First Minister | Alex Salmond |
| Preceded by | Fergus Ewing |
| Succeeded by | Paul Wheelhouse |
| Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party | |
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In office 26 September 2000 – 3 September 2004 |
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| Leader | John Swinney |
| Preceded by | John Swinney |
| Succeeded by | Nicola Sturgeon |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Perth 1999-2011 |
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Assumed office 6 May 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Majority | 1,422 |
| Member of Parliament for Perth Perth and Kinross (1995–1997) |
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In office 25 May 1995 – 7 June 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Nicholas Fairbairn |
| Succeeded by | Annabelle Ewing |
| Personal details | |
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27 July 1951 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Alma mater | University of Western Australia |
| Profession | Solicitor, Advocate |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Website | Official website |
Roseanna Cunningham (born 27 July 1951, in Glasgow) is a Scottish politician who is the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform. She was the Cabinet Secretary for Fair Work, Skills and Training 2014−2016 and is the Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of the Scottish Parliament for Perthshire South and Kinross-shire, having previously represented Perth 1999−2011. She was a MP for Perth and Kinross 1995–1997, then for Perth 1997–2001.
Cunningham was born in Glasgow and spent her early years living in East Lothian and Edinburgh. In 1960 she emigrated with her family to Perth in Australia, and completed her schooling at John Curtin High School in Fremantle. She became interested in politics while still a teenager and joined the SNP in 1969 as an overseas member. Cunningham graduated from the University of Western Australia in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in politics, before returning to Scotland.
She worked as a researcher at SNP headquarters from 1977 to 1979 and was a member of the left-wing 79 Group inside the SNP during the early 1980s, but avoided expulsion as she was not a member of its steering committee (future SNP leader Alex Salmond by contrast who served on the 79 Group committee was expelled, whilst Margo MacDonald resigned from the party in protest before she could be expelled).
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