| 词条 | Kate Forbes |
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| name = Kate Forbes | honorific-suffix = MSP | image= KateForbesMSP-May2016.jpg | office = Member of the Scottish Parliament for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch | term_start = 6 May 2016 | term_end = | predecessor = Dave Thompson | successor = | majority = 9,043 (24.8%) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|4|6|df=y}} | birth_place = Dingwall, Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | party = Scottish National Party | alma_mater = Selwyn College, Cambridge University of Edinburgh | website = {{URL|https://kateforbes.scot}} }}Kate Elizabeth Forbes (born 6 April 1990) is the Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of the Scottish Parliament for the constituency of Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, since 2016.[1] Early life and educationForbes was born in Dingwall.[2] She had the earliest three years of her life in India, then had Gaelic medium education in Scotland.[3] She returned to India at the age of ten and lived there until she was fifteen, with her father involved in providing healthcare to people who could not afford it.[2] She returned to Glasgow, Scotland and finished her schooling at Dingwall Academy. She read history at Selwyn College, Cambridge, graduating with a BA in 2011.[2][4] She then studied at the University of Edinburgh, gaining a MSc in Diaspora and Migration History in 2013.[2] Political careerIn August 2015, Forbes was selected from an all-woman shortlist by local SNP members as their candidate for the Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch held by Dave Thompson who would not be standing at the next election.[5] She was part of an SNP campaign to address the gender pay gap around employment in the Highlands.[6] She was elected in the Scottish Parliament election, 2016.[7] She chairs the Scottish Parliament's cross-party group in Gaelic and has spoken in favour of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage status as a possible way to protect the language.[8] In March 2018, she delivered an entire speech to the Parliament in Gaelic during a plenary debate on the language.[9] On 27th June 2018, she was appointed to the Scottish Government as Minister for Public Finance and Digital Economy, as part of a wider reshuffle announced by First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP. References1. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.parliament.scot/msps/currentmsps/98638.aspx |title=Current MSPs: Kate Forbes: Personal Information |publisher=Scottish Parliament |accessdate=29 May 2018}} 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=https://www.ed.ac.uk/edit-magazine/supplements/political-class |title=Political class |work=Edit magazine|publisher=University of Edinburgh |date=27 June 2017 |accessdate=29 May 2018}} 3. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.holyrood.com/articles/inside-politics/getting-know-you-kate-forbes |title=Getting to know you: Kate Forbes |first=Tom |last=Freeman |work=Holyrood |date=28 May 2018 |accessdate=29 May 2018}} 4. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/News/Katie-Forbes-gets-SNP-nod-in-bid-to-succeed-Dave-Thompson-as-MSP-25082015.htm |title=Katie Forbes gets SNP nod in bid to succeed Dave Thompson as MSP |work=inverness Courier |date=25 August 2015 |accessdate=6 May 2016}} 5. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/News/Katie-Forbes-gets-SNP-nod-in-bid-to-succeed-Dave-Thompson-as-MSP-25082015.htm |title=Katie Forbes gets SNP nod in bid to succeed Dave Thompson as MSP |work=The Inverness Courier|date=25 August 2015|accessdate=29 May 2018}} 6. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.thenational.scot/news/snp-launches-campaign-to-plug-pay-gap-in-rural-areas.14037 |title=SNP launches campaign to plug pay gap in rural areas |first=Janice |last=Burns |work=The National |date=22 February 2016 |accessdate=6 May 2016}} 7. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/scotland-constituencies/S16000143 |title=Election 2016: Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch |work=BBC News |date=6 May 2016}} 8. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/calls-to-boost-gaelic-language-with-unesco-status-1-4509185|title=Calls to boost Gaelic language with Unesco status |first=Diane |last= King |work=The Scotsman |date=20 July 2017 |accessdate=29 May 2018}} 9. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/snp-msp-delivers-entire-holyrood-speech-in-gaelic-1-4714779 |title=SNP MSP delivers entire Holyrood speech in Gaelic |first=Catriona |last=Webster |work=The Scotsman |date=29 March 2018 |accessdate=29 May 2018}} External links
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