Willie Rennie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Willie Rennie

Scottish politician

Date of Birth: 27-Sep-1967

Place of Birth: Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

Profession: politician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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William Cowan Rennie (born 27 September 1967), also known as Willie Rennie, is a Scottish politician serving as Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats since 2011.
He has served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for North East Fife since 2016, and previously as MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife (from 2011 to 2016) and as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dunfermline and West Fife (from 2006 to 2010). After college, Rennie was a Liberal Democrat election campaigner and official before working as a public relations consultant in the private sector.
He became the MP for Dunfermline and West Fife after a by-election win in February 2006.
He later lost this seat to Labour in the May 2010 UK general election.
He briefly served as a Special Government Adviser for the Liberal Democrat Scottish Secretaries of State Danny Alexander MP and Michael Moore MP at the Scotland Office.He was then elected to the Scottish Parliament in the May 2011 election.
He was elected as an additional member for the Mid Scotland and Fife region.
He was soon after elected unopposed as leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, replacing Tavish Scott.
Since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, Rennie has held the constituency seat of North East Fife.