Douglas Alexander

**Douglas Garven Alexander** (born October 26, 1967) is a Scottish politician. In 2025, he became the Secretary of State for Scotland.

Before the 2010 General election he was Secretary of State for International Development, afterwards he became the Shadow Secretary of State for International Development and is now Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. He is the Member of Parliament for the Paisley and Renfrewshire South constituency in the United Kingdom. He was first elected in 1997 in a by-election.

He is a member of the Labour Party.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **office2**: Secretary of State for International Development
- **primeminister2**: Gordon Brown
- **term start2**: 28 June 2007
- **term end2**: 11 May 2010
- **predecessor2**: Hilary Benn
- **successor2**: Andrew Mitchell
- **office4**: Secretary of State for Transport
- **primeminister4**: Tony Blair
- **term start4**: 6 May 2006
- **term end4**: 28 June 2007
- **predecessor4**: Alistair Darling
- **successor4**: Ruth Kelly
- **office6**: Minister of State for Europe
- **primeminister6**: Tony Blair
- **term start6**: 5 May 2005
- **term end6**: 6 May 2006
- **predecessor6**: Denis MacShane
- **successor6**: Geoff Hoon
- **office8**: Minister for the Cabinet Office
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- **primeminister8**: Tony Blair
- **term start8**: 13 June 2003
- **term end8**: 8 September 2004
- **predecessor8**: Gus Macdonald, The Lord Macdonald of Tradeston
- **successor8**: Alan Milburn
- **office9**: Minister for the Cabinet Office#Ministers of State for the Cabinet Office, Minister of State for the Cabinet Office
- **primeminister9**: Tony Blair
- **term start9**: 29 May 2002
- **term end9**: 13 June 2003
- **predecessor9**: Barbara Roche
- **successor9**: David Miliband (2004)
- **office10**: Minister of State for Competitiveness, Minister of State for  and Competitiveness
- **primeminister10**: Tony Blair
- **term start10**: 11 June 2001
- **term end10**: 29 May 2002
- **predecessor10**: Ian McCartney (1999)
- **successor10**: Stephen Timms


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **subterm**: 2011–2015
- **suboffice**: Shadow Foreign Secretary
- **subterm1**: 2010–2011
- **suboffice1**: Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Work and Pensions Secretary
- **subterm2**: 2010–2010
- **suboffice2**: Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development, International Development Secretary


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: Douglas Alexander
- **image**: Official portrait of Douglas Alexander MP crop 2, 2024.jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2024
- **primeminister1**: Tony Blair
- **term start1**: 6 May 2006
- **term end1**: 28 June 2007
- **predecessor1**: Alistair Darling
- **successor1**: Des Browne
- **office2**: Minister of State at the Cabinet Office
- **term start2**: 10 February 2025
- **primeminister2**: Keir Starmer
- **predecessor2**: Lucy Neville-Rolfe, The Baroness Neville-Rolfe
- **office3**: Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security
- **term start3**: 6 July 2024
- **primeminister3**: Keir Starmer
- **predecessor3**: Greg Hands
- **primeminister4**: Tony Blair
- **term start4**: 8 September 2004
- **term end4**: 5 May 2005
- **predecessor4**: Mike O'Brien (British politician), Mike O'Brien
- **successor4**: Ian Pearson
- **office11**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
for Lothian East
- **term start11**: 4 July 2024
- **predecessor11**: Kenny MacAskill
- **majority11**: 13,265 (27.7%)
- **office12**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
for Paisley and Renfrewshire South

- **term start12**: 6 November 1997
- **term end12**: 30 March 2015
- **predecessor12**: Gordon McMaster
- **successor12**: Mhairi Black
- **birth name**: Douglas Garven Alexander
- **birth place**: Glasgow, Scotland
- **party**: Labour Co-op
- **relations**: Wendy Alexander (sister)
- **education**: University of Edinburgh
- **termend2**: 5 September 2025
- **termend3**: 5 September 2025
- **office**: Secretary of State for Scotland
- **predecessor**: Ian Murray (Scottish politician), Ian Murray
- **primeminister**: Keir Starmer
- **term start**: 5 September 2025