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scottish highlands and islands scottish labour party 27 may 1952 6 may 1999 peter peacock.jpg peter peacock
 22 march 2011 peter peacock
peter peacock

peter peacock -lrb- born 27 may 1952 -rrb- acts in a self employed capacity as the part time policy director of community land scotland , the organisation representing scotland 's community landowners , and campaigning for land reform in scotland .
he also serves on the scottish committee of the tele-communications and media regulator ofcom .
he was chairman of the customer forum for water in scotland between 2011 and 2015 which is the first example of a customer negotiated settlement on price , investment priorities and business goals for a regulated water company in europe .
peter peacock was a labour regional list member of the scottish parliament for highlands and islands between 1999 and 2011 .
peacock was appointed a deputy minister when first elected in 1999 , and promoted to minister for education and young people in the scottish executive after the 2003 election .
he resigned from his government post in november 2006 due to ill health .
immediately prior to coming to parliament , peacock was the convener of highland council , having been an independent councillor for ardersier in highland region since 1982 .
he held various positions during that time as finance convener , chair of policy and resources committee and vice-convener .
peacock has also been a vice-president of the convention of scottish local authorities and a former member of the european committee of the regions ; the council of europe ; the scottish post office board and scottish natural heritage .
he previously ran his own business and prior to that worked for the citizens advice bureau service nationally and was also a community worker for a time .
upon his resignation as minister he won praise from the general-secretary of the headteachers ' association of scotland who said `` he has been an outstanding minister , with both a genuine commitment to , and a solid grasp of , his brief '' .
