Robert Brown (Scottish politician)

Robert E. Brown (born December 25, 1947, Newcastle-upon-Tyne) is a Liberal Democrat politician, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Region.

A graduate of University of Aberdeen, he was Depute Procurator Fiscal of Dumbarton 1972-1974 and has since been a partner & consultant with a Glasgow firm of solicitors. He was a Glasgow City Councillor (Liberal) for a few years in the 1970s and 1980s, and has been Convener of the Scottish Liberal Democrat Policy Committee since the early 1990s. He was first elected to the Scottish Parliament in 1999.

Following Nicol Stephen's election as party leader and succession as Deputy First Minister of Scotland in 2005, Brown was appointed Deputy Minister for Education and Young People in the Scottish Executive.

See also

• List of Scottish Executive Ministerial Teams

External links

• Robert Brown MSP official site
• Robert Brown MSP official biography at the Scottish Parliament website

v • d • e Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Glasgow region

Elected in the 2007 election Labour (9 seats), SNP (5 seats), Conservative (1 seat), Lib Dems (1 seat), Greens (1 seat) Constituency MSPs Bill Butler (Lab, Glasgow Anniesland) • Margaret Curran (Lab, Glasgow Baillieston) • Charlie Gordon (Lab, Glasgow Cathcart) • Nicola Sturgeon (SNP, Glasgow Govan) • Pauline McNeill (Lab, Glasgow Kelvin) • Patricia Ferguson (Lab, Glasgow Maryhill) • Johann Lamont (Lab, Glasgow Pollok) • James Kelly (Lab, Glasgow Rutherglen) • Frank McAveety (Lab, Glasgow Shettleston) •Paul Martin (Lab, Glasgow Springburn) Additional Members Bashir Ahmad (SNP) • Bill Aitken (Con) • Robert Brown (Lib Dem) • Bob Doris (SNP) • Patrick Harvie (Green) • Bill Kidd (SNP) • Sandra White (SNP)

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