Robert Brown (Scottish politician)
- Robert Brown (Scottish politician)
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Robert E. Brown (born 25 December 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.
He currently resides in Burnside, Rutherglen, in the South Side of Glasgow.
See also
*List of Scottish Executive Ministerial Teams
External links
* [http://www.robertbrownmsp.org.uk/ Robert Brown MSP] official site
* [http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/membersPages/robert_brown/index.htm Robert Brown MSP] official biography at the Scottish Parliament website
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