Donald Dewar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Donald Dewar

Scottish politician, 1st First Minister of Scotland (in office from 1999 to 2000)

Date of Birth: 21-Aug-1937

Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 11-Oct-2000

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Donald Campbell Dewar (21 August 1937 – 11 October 2000) was a Scottish politician, the inaugural First Minister of Scotland and an advocate of Scottish devolution. Dewar first entered politics as the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberdeen South following the 1966 general election.
After losing his seat in 1970, he served in the House of Commons again from 1978 until his death in 2000.
He served as Secretary of State for Scotland in British Prime Minister Tony Blair's Cabinet from 1997 to 1999, successfully campaigning for a Scottish Parliament in the 1997 Scottish devolution referendum. Having led the Labour campaign in the run up to the first Scottish Parliament election, he subsequently became the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow Anniesland on 6 May 1999, and was appointed Leader of the Scottish Labour Party a day later and became the first Scottish First Minister as the head of a devolved coalition government with the Liberal Democrats. On 11 October 2000, Dewar died of a brain hemorrhage at the age of 63 while still in office.
He was succeeded as First Minister and Scottish Labour leader by Henry McLeish.