- Marco Biagi (politician)
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Marco Biagi MSP Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Edinburgh CentralIncumbent Assumed office
5 May 2011Preceded by Sarah Boyack Majority 237 (0.8%) Personal details Born 31 July 1982
Alexandria, West DunbartonshirePolitical party Scottish National Party Alma mater University of St Andrews
University of GlasgowReligion Unitarian[1] Marco Biagi (born 31 July 1982) is a Scottish politician, serving as the SNP MSP for Edinburgh Central.
Biagi was raised in Dunbartonshire. He studied at the University of St Andrews where he was awarded a First. He was also elected as a Vice-President of the Students' Association[2] and in 2002 managed the unsuccessful campaign of Germaine Greer for election to the post of Rector.[3] He subsequently began a PhD at Wadham College, Oxford University, but decided not to continue and returned to Scotland where he completed a Masters degree at Glasgow University and worked at the Scottish Parliament.[4]
Biagi contested the seat of Edinburgh Central in the Scottish Parliament general election, 2011, and defeated the Labour incumbent Sarah Boyack by a narrow margin of 237 votes.[5] He is understood to be the youngest person to have won election to the Scottish Parliament in a constituency seat.[4]
He is openly gay.[6]
References
- ^ " You know what, I don't want to be writing about this, I don't want to be observing this, I want to be changing this
- ^ "http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2002/Title,42451,en.html"
- ^ "http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Sir-Clement-Freud-named-as.2372518.jp"
- ^ a b Chris Marshall and Carla Gray (7 May 2011). "Scottish Parliament election: Profiles of the candidates elected to serve in Edinburgh". Edinburgh Evening News. http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Scottish-Parliament-election-Profiles-of.6764169.jp. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ^ BBC News - Election Results - Edinburgh Central
- ^ Devolution and equalities: Holyrood takes lead on gay representation
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Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Lothians region 
Elected in the 2011 election Constituency MSPs Angela Constance (SNP, Almond Valley) · Marco Biagi (SNP, Edinburgh Central) · Kenny MacAskill (SNP, Edinburgh Eastern) · Malcolm Chisholm (Lab, Edinburgh Northern and Leith) · Gordon MacDonald (SNP, Edinburgh Pentlands) · Jim Eadie (SNP, Edinburgh Southern) · Colin Keir (SNP, Edinburgh Western) · Fiona Hyslop (SNP, Linlithgow) · Colin Beattie (SNP, Midlothian North and Musselburgh)Additional Members Gavin Brown (Con) · Sarah Boyack (Lab) · Kezia Dugdale (Lab) · Neil Findlay (Lab) · Alison Johnstone (Green) · Margo MacDonald (Ind) · David McLetchie (Con)SNP (8 seats), Labour (4 seats), Conservative (2 seats), Greens (1 seat), Independent (1 seat) Categories:- 1982 births
- Alumni of the University of Glasgow
- Alumni of the University of St Andrews
- Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford
- LGBT politicians from Scotland
- Living people
- Members of the Scottish Parliament 2011–
- People from Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire
- Scottish National Party MSPs
- Scottish people of Italian descent
- Scottish Unitarians
- Member of the Scottish Parliament stubs
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