| 词条 | Keith Brown (Scottish politician) |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = Keith Brown | honorific-suffix = MSP | image = File:Cabinet Secretary for the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work, Keith Brown.png | imagesize = | caption = |office = Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party |leader = Nicola Sturgeon |term_start = 8 June 2018 |term_end = |predecessor = Angus Robertson |successor = |office1 = Campaign Manager of the Scottish National Party |leader1 = Nicola Sturgeon |term_start1 = 26 June 2018 |predecessor1 = Angus Robertson | office2 = Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work | term_start2 = 18 May 2016 | term_end2 = 26 June 2018 | firstminister2 = Nicola Sturgeon | predecessor2 = Office established | successor2 = Derek Mackay | office3 = Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities | term_start3 = 21 November 2014 | term_end3 = 18 May 2016 | firstminister3 = Nicola Sturgeon | predecessor3 = Nicola Sturgeon | successor3 = Office abolished | office4 = Minister for the Department for Transport | term_start4 = 11 December 2010 | term_end4 = 21 November 2014 | firstminister4 = Alex Salmond | predecessor4 = Stewart Stevenson | successor4 = Derek Mackay | office5 = Minister for Skills and Lifelong Learning | term_start5 = 12 February 2009 | term_end5 = 12 December 2010 | firstminister5 = Alex Salmond | predecessor5 = Maureen Watt | successor5 = Angela Constance | office6 = Member of the Scottish Parliament for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Ochil (2007–11) | parliament6 = | majority6 = 6,721 | term_start6 = 3 May 2007 | term_end6 = | predecessor6 = George Reid | successor6 = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|12|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | birthname = | nationality = Scottish | party = Scottish National Party | spouse = | children = 3 | alma_mater = University of Dundee | occupation = Commando, Local government official | religion = | signature = | website = | footnotes = | allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}} | branch = Royal Marines | serviceyears = 1980–83 | rank = Marine | battles = Falklands War }} Keith James Brown (born 20 December 1961) is a Scottish politician who is currently Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party. He is a former Royal Marines commando and served as Cabinet Secretary for the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work from May 2016 to June 2018. Brown has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) since 2007, first representing the Ochil constituency 2007–2011, then the Clackmannanshire and Dunblane constituency since 2011. Early careerBorn in Edinburgh, Brown attended Tynecastle High School in the city, before joining the Royal Marines and serving in the Falklands War.[1] Upon leaving the Marines he attended the University of Dundee where he joined the SNP, graduating in Politics in 1988.[2] During his time at the University of Dundee, he studied abroad at the University of Prince Edward Island between 1985–1986.[3] He then went to work in local government administration in Stirling and was also an active trade union representative with UNISON.[3] He was the SNP candidate for the European Parliament for Lothians constituency in 1994, coming second with 53,324 votes.[4] Brown was then elected to represent Alva on Clackmannanshire Council in a by-election in 1996.[5] He became group leader in 1997, and then Leader of the Council after the SNP took control of Clackmannanshire in the 2003 elections.[2] HolyroodBrown was elected to the Scottish Parliament by Ochil constituency at the 2007 elections, increasing both absolute SNP vote and majority.[6] He was appointed to be Convener of both the Parliament's Standards & Public Appointments Committee and Procedures Committee, and after overseeing their merger now convenes the new Standards, Procedures & Public Appointments Committee.[7] In his maiden speech on the abolition of bridge tolls he declared that he still had an outstanding fine from the Skye Bridge protests of 1994.[8] He has been an opponent of the proposals for an overhead electricity line from Beauly to Denny, arguing for an underground alternative.[9] Brown has also been campaigning for Scotland football matches to be available on terrestrial television.[10] On 12 February 2009, Brown was appointed Minister for Schools and Skills. On 8 December 2009, Brown became Minister for Schools and Skills In the first reshuffle of the SNP Government.[11] In December 2010, he was appointed as Minister for Transport and Infrastructure in the Scottish government.[12] Brown won re-election to the Scottish Parliament in 2011, representing the newly created Clackmannanshire and Dunblane. On 19 May 2011, Brown was named as the Minister for Housing and Transport. On 5 September 2012, he became Minister for Transport and Veterans. SNP Depute leadership bid, 2014{{further|Scottish National Party leadership election, 2014}}Following defeat in the Scottish independence referendum, 2014, Scottish National Party leader and First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond announced his resignation as SNP leader and First Minister of Scotland.[13] In the aftermath of his resignation, a leadership bid was launched, with Deputy First Minister of Scotland and SNP Depute leader Nicola Sturgeon widely tipped to become Salmond's successor.[14][15] On 25 September 2014, Brown officially launched his bid to become the Depute leader of the Scottish National Party, with the backing of several SNP MSPs, as well as several Scottish Government ministers.[16][17] The results of the election were announced at the SNP Autumn Conference on the 14 November, with Brown losing the contest to Stewart Hosie, with 45.5% of the vote in the second round to Hosie's 55.5%.[18] CabinetOn 21 November 2014, he was promoted to Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities in Nicola Sturgeon's first reshuffle.[19] Brown was re-elected to the Clackmannanshire and Dunblane constituency in 2016. On 18 May he became the Cabinet Secretary for the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work while still maintaining responsibility for veterans affairs.[20] In December 2016, Brown led calls for Amazon to pay its employees the living wage after reports surfaced concerning the conditions of workers in the company's Dunfernline depot,[21] holding talks with Amazon several days later in which he was told Amazon would "consider" paying the living wage.[22][23] In July 2017, Brown wrote to UK ministers on the need to continue legal protected status for the definition of Scotch whisky post-Brexit amid fears that in a future trade deal the USA “would support a relaxation of the definition of whisky, which would open the market up to a number of products which do not currently meet that standard.”[24][25][26] Later on in 2017 he visited the US and Canada in a series of speaking engagements to promote economic ties between North American business communities and Scotland.[27][28] Depute leader of the Scottish National PartyOn 8 June 2018, Keith Brown became the depute leader of the Scottish National Party, having contested and won the Scottish National Party depute leadership election, 2018 with 55% of votes in the second round.[29] At his acceptance speech at the SNP conference in Aberdeen, Brown told fellow SNP members to prepare for a second Scottish independence referendum.[30][31][32] Brown also announced that he would chair three national assemblies to debate the SNP's 2018 Growth Commission report on an independent Scotland's economic prospects.[30][33][34] Although Brown was elected Depute Leader of the SNP, John Swinney remained as Sturgeon's Deputy First Minister despite Brown being a member of the Scottish Parliament. In the June 2018 reshuffle of the Scottish Government, Brown stood down as Economy Secretary to focus on his role as depute leader, He was replaced by Derek Mackay. He was subsequently given a role as the SNP's Campaign Manager. See also
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Retrieved 8 June 2018. 30. ^1 {{Cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/indyref2-ahead-vows-keith-brown-after-elected-snp-depute-leader-1-4751545|title=Indyref2 ahead vows Keith Brown after elected SNP Depute Leader|access-date=2018-06-09|language=en}} 31. ^{{Cite news|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/scotland/indyref2-undoubtedly-happen-snp-depute-keith-brown/|title=IndyRef2 will ‘undoubtedly’ happen, says new SNP depute leader Keith Brown|date=2018-06-08|work=iNews|access-date=2018-06-09|language=en-GB}} 32. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/16278701._Get_ready_for_a_second_vote___New_SNP_depute_s_message_to_Scottish_independence_supporters/|title='Get ready for a second vote': New SNP depute's message to Scottish independence supporters|website=Evening Times|language=en|access-date=2018-06-09}} 33. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.commonspace.scot/articles/12861/new-snp-depute-leader-keith-brown-promises-national-debate-growth-commission-snp18|title=New SNP depute leader Keith Brown promises a national debate on the Growth Commission at #SNP18|work=CommonSpace|access-date=2018-06-09|language=en}} 34. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/16278373.SNP_elects_Keith_Brwon_as_new_Depute_Leader/|title=SNP elects Keith Brown as new Depute Leader|website=Evening Times|language=en|access-date=2018-06-09}} External links
for Ochil}}{{s-ttl|title=Member of the Scottish Parliament for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane {{small|Ochil (2007–2011)}}|years=2007–present}}{{s-inc}} |-{{s-off}}{{s-bef|before=Maureen Watt}}{{s-ttl|title=Minister for Schools and Skills Minister for Skills and Lifelong Learning|years=2009–2010}}{{s-aft|after=Angela Constance}} |-{{s-bef|before=Stewart Stevenson}}{{s-ttl|title=Minister for Transport and Veterans|years=2010–2014}}{{s-aft|after=Derek Mackay}} |-{{s-bef|before=Nicola Sturgeon}}{{s-ttl|title=Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities|years=2014–2016}}{{s-aft|after=Office abolished}}{{end}}{{Scottish Cabinet}}{{MidScotlandFife MSPs}}{{SNP MSPs}} |-{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Keith}} 11 : 1961 births|Living people|Alumni of the University of Dundee|Royal Navy personnel of the Falklands War|Scottish National Party councillors|20th-century Royal Marines personnel|Scottish National Party MSPs|Members of the Scottish Parliament 2007–11|Members of the Scottish Parliament 2011–16|People educated at Tynecastle High School|Members of the Scottish Parliament 2016– |
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