Donald Dewar

Donald Campbell Dewar (21 August 1937 – 11 October 2000) wis the  First Meenister o Scotland frae 1999 til he dee'd in 2000. He wis the first body tae haud the poseetion o First Meenister efter the estaiblishment o the Scots Pairlament in 1999.

Dewar wis first electit tae Wastmeenster in 1966, afore bein made Secretar o State for Scotland in 1997 follaein the election o a Labour govrenment unner Tony Blair.

The inaugural First Meenister o the Scots Pairlament creatit bi the Scotland Act 1998, Donald Dewar is kent as the Faither o the Naition, or at laest as the faither o devolved govrenment. In his time as Secretar o State for Scotland, his acts an campaigns wis instrumental in gettin Scots devolution. His cutty term in the office he haed helpit tae creaut, endit suddent whan he dee'd o a brain haemorrhage.

Donald Campbell Dewar wis born on 21 August 1937 in Glesga, the anerly bairn o Alasdair Dewar an Mary Dewar (née Bennett). Baith o Dewar's paurents suffert ill heal durin his bairnheid; his faither contractit tuberculosis an his mither haed a benign brain tumour.

A braw statue o Dewar staunds in Glesga.

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