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edinburgh lothians eastern edinburgh east and musselburgh 2007 -- 2011 scottish 28 april 1958 21 november 2014 3 may 2007 university of edinburgh 200px solicitor 17 may 2007 3 may 2007 6 may 1999 kenny -rrb- . jpg macaskill , cabinet secretary for justice -lrb- 1 kenny macaskill cathy jamieson susan deacon scottish scottish edinburgh , scotland scottish national party cabinet secretary for justice -lsb- http://www.kennymacaskill.co.uk/ www.kennymacaskill.co.uk -rsb- michael matheson alex salmond 2233 -lrb- 7.3 % -rrb- kenny macaskill

kenny macaskill

kenneth `` kenny '' wright macaskill -lrb- born 28 april 1958 -rrb- is a scottish national party -lrb- snp -rrb- politician , member of the scottish parliament for edinburgh eastern , and former cabinet secretary for justice in the scottish government .
macaskill studied law at the university of edinburgh and worked as a solicitor and was a senior partner in an edinburgh law firm , before being elected as an msp in 1999 .
he was a long-standing member of the snp 's national executive committee and has served as national treasurer and vice convener of policy .
he was convener of the scottish parliament subordinate legislation committee -lrb- 1999-2001 -rrb- , and served in the snp shadow cabinet as shadow minister for enterprise and lifelong learning -lrb- 2001-2003 -rrb- , shadow minister for transport and telecommunications -lrb- 2003-2004 -rrb- and shadow minister for justice -lrb- 2004-2007 -rrb- .
following the snp 's victory in the 2007 scottish parliament election , macaskill was appointed as cabinet secretary for justice .
he left office in november 2014 in the cabinet reshuffle which followed the appointment of nicola sturgeon as first minister of scotland .
