SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT
[as announced 21 November 2014 unless otherwise noted] 
Cabinet Ministers
First Minister : Nicola Sturgeon MSP
Deputy First Minister & Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and the Economy: John Swinney MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities: Keith Brown MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Fair Work, Skills and Training : Roseanna Cunningham MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Education & Lifelong Learning : Angela Constance MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport : Shona Robison MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners' Rights : Alex Neil MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Justice : Michael Matheson MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Food and the Environment: Richard Lochhead MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs: Fiona Hyslop MSP
Law Officers
Lord Advocate : Frank Mulholland QC [from 19 May 2011]
Solicitor General : Lesley Thomson QC [from 19 May 2011]
Junior Ministers
Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism: Fergus Ewing MSP
Minister for Parliamentary Business: Joe Fitzpatrick MSP
Minister for Transport and Islands : Derek Mackay MSP
Minister for Youth and Women's Employment: Annabelle Ewing MSP
Minister for Children and Young People : Aileen Campbell MSP
Minister for Learning,Science and Scotland's Languages: Alasdair Allan MSP
Minister for Public Health: Maureen Watt MSP
Minister for Sport and Health Improvement: Jamie Hepburn MSP
Minister for Local Government and Community Empowerment: Marco Biagi MSP
Minister for Housing and Welfare: Margaret Burgess MSP
Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs : Paul Wheelhouse MSP
Minister for Environment, Climate Change, and Land Reform : Aileen McLeod MSP
Minister for Europe and International Development : Humza Yousaf MSP
Note- The official name for the Scottish Ministers under The Scotland Act 1998 was the Scottish Executive. It was rebranded as the Scottish Government in September 2007, but the name was not legally changed till 3 July 2012.  
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