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 First Minister of Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bute House in Edinburgh 's Charlotte Square is the official residence of the First Minister.
The First Minister is Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland, and his place in the order of precedence in Scotland is determined by that office.
The inaugural First Minister, Donald Dewar is seen very much as the Father of the Nation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland

  
 Deputy Prime Minister [Definition]
A Deputy Prime Minister is the deputy of a Prime Minister, and a member of a nation's cabinet A Cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of government, typically representing the executive branch.
Deputy Prime Minister is often a job that is held simultaneously with another ministry, and is usually given to one of the most senior, experienced ministers of the cabinet.
For this reason the Deputy PM is often asked to succeed to the Prime Minister's office following the PM's sudden death or unexpected resignation, although this is not necessarily constitutionally mandated.
http://www.wikimirror.com/Deputy_Prime_Minister

  
 Donald Dewar Announces First Cabinet
Jim Wallace QC is Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice.
The First Minister of Scotland, Donald Dewar MSP, MP has today announced the names of those he will nominate to the Scottish Parliament to serve in the Cabinet of the Labour/Liberal Democrat Partnership Government.
He married his second wife, Julie, in May 1998 after the death of his first wife in 1995 and lives in St Andrews with Julie and her son and daughter.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/news/releas99_5/pr1039.htm

  
 Deputy First Minister of Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Scotland Act 1998), and its holder is simply an ordinary member of the Executive, but the post has existed in practice since the establishment of the
The post is not recognised in statute (in comparison with the post of First Minister which is established by the
The Deputy First Minister of Scotland is, as the name suggests, the Deputy to the
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deputy_First_Minister_of_Scotland

  
 Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002
In section 102(1) (appointment of county court judges), for "Lord Chancellor" substitute "First Minister and deputy First Minister, acting jointly".
In regulation 2(2), in the definitions of "the President" and "the Vice-President", for "Lord Chancellor" substitute "First Minister and deputy First Minister".
In section 3(1) and (2) (appointment of deputy President and temporary members), for "Governor" substitute "First Minister and deputy First Minister, acting jointly,".
http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts2002/20026--j.htm

  
 Bioprofiles
Keitel was the most senior officer of the OKW and served as Chief of the High Command for the period 1938 to 1945.
Chief of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces (Chief of OKW), equal in rank to a Reichs Minister.
Between 1929 and his appointment as Chief of the High Command he served successively as head of the Army Organization Department and head of the Armed Forces Office at the War Ministry.
http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/genocide/bioprofiles.htm

  
 Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004
RANSFER TO In section 2(2) of the 2002 Act for "First Minister and deputy First Minister, acting jointly," substitute "Lord Chancellor".
In section 3(2)(b) of the 2002 Act for "First Minister and deputy First Minister, acting jointly" substitute "Lord Chancellor".
(6) In subsection (7) for "First Minister and deputy First Minister" substitute "Lord Chancellor".
http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts2004/40004--b.htm

  
 Guardian McConnell enters race to be Scotland's first minister
There was deep disquiet that the firms to whom the former first minister had sub-let his office all had close Labour connections.
Jack McConnell, the Scottish education minister, has confirmed that he will enter the race to be Scotland's first minister.
Mr McConnell, 41, a former general secretary of the Scottish party, has not served as an MP and had little experience of top level politics when the then first minister, Donald Dewar, appointed him finance minister in 1999.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4297732-103685,00.html

  
 Guardian Scotland's new first minister wields knife in cabinet clearout
Mr McConnell had promised an inclusive cabinet, but all the sacked ministers were close to the previous first minister, Henry McLeish, who was in turn extremely close to the chancellor or allies of Ms Alexander.
Scotland's new first minister, Jack McConnell, marked his first day in office yesterday with an unprecedented cabinet clearout designed to root out foes and reward friends.
The health minister, Susan Deacon, lost her post and left the cabinet after turning down the less prestigious social justice ministry, which now goes to Iain Gray.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4308781-103685,00.html

  
 Parliamentary Newsletters Volume 2 - Issue 2
The Labour Party was put in a tight spot having to quickly run a leadership campaign and election to allow the election of a new First Minister within the 28 days time limit imposed by the Scotland Act.
Justice and Home Affairs Committee Remit: To consider and report on matters relating to the administration of civil and criminal justice, the reform of the civil and criminal law and such other matters as fall within the responsibility of the Minister for Justice.
To reduce the periods of separation constituting grounds for divorce from 5 years without consent to 2 years; and from 2 years with consent to 1 year.
http://www.rcpolitics.org.uk/newsletters/V2_i2.htm

  
 Rampant Scotland Newsletter - 22 June 2002
The Ministers agreed that it would be a good idea if the three devolved administrations (Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales) met once or twice a year to discuss matters of common interest.
The visiting Ministers later attended a session of the Scottish Parliament, where they were met by Presiding Officer Sir David Steel.
The Lords of the Isles appointed a family of Morrisons to hold the position of Brieveship, a kind of hereditary guardian and interpreter of the old Brehon Laws, in the Butt of Lewis (Dun Eistein) on a hereditary basis.
http://www.rampantscotland.com/let020622.htm

  
 The Northern Ireland Assembly -
The First Minister and Deputy First Minister (Mr Trimble and Mr Mallon): The Executive has been involved in the Rural Taskforce in England, and is closely monitoring developments in GB to ensure that Northern Ireland benefits from any UK-wide initiatives.
To provide advice to the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister on the role and remit of a Children’s Commissioner for Northern Ireland.
Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister
http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/qanda/writtenans/010518.htm

  
 Scottish Executive: Information From Answers.com
The Parliament elects the First Minister and Executive, although any party/parties that can form a majority select the First Minister, who chooses the other members thereafter.
Deputy Minister for Parliamentary Business - Tavish Scott
The term Scottish Executive is also used to described the devolved government of Scotland, headed by Ministers but including several thousand civil servants.
http://www.answers.com/topic/scottish-executive

  
 Scottish Liberal Democrats: Press Release 9th May 2005
Accordingly, I shall relinquish office as Deputy First Minister, and indeed as a Minister, when I step down as Party Leader.
"On becoming Deputy First Minister, I was reminded that I was the first Liberal in over half a century to hold Ministerial office.
"The Partnership Agreement which I signed, together with the First Minister, Jack McConnell, in May 2003, states that the Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats will be appointed as Deputy First Minister in the Partnership Executive.
http://www.scotlibdems.org.uk/press/0505092.htm

  
 Guardian Assembly farce as deputy first minister Mallon resigns
An emotional and exasperated Seamus Mallon resigned as deputy first minister designate after first minister David Trimble and his Ulster Unionist Party boycotted a meeting of the Stormont Assembly which was called to set up the ruling administration.
UUP leader and Northern Ireland first minister David Trimble and his 28-strong team announced their decision to stay away just minutes before other members of the assembly took their seats at Stormont.
Assembly farce as deputy first minister Mallon resigns
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,3883523-103588,00.html

  
 Articles - Jim Wallace
majority in the first elections, forcing Donald Dewar to enter a coalition government with Wallace’s Liberal Democrats, and agreement under which Wallace became Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice.
On May 9, 2005, Wallace announced his intention to stand down as party leader and Deputy First Minister, to serve his time out in the Parliament until the 2007 election as a backbench
He has maintained the brief throughout the first term of the Parliament, on two occasions standing in as Acting First Minister, firstly in
http://www.x-moto.net/articles/Jim_Wallace

  
 Statement by Jim Wallace to Scottish Parliament - 23 June 1999
Mr John McAllion (Dundee East) (Lab): The minister will be aware of the growing concern across Scotland that the Crown Office is failing to use the full force of the law in cases where death is caused by dangerous driving.
The Presiding Officer: The Deputy First Minister will now take questions on his statement.
Can the minister elaborate on the precise strength of the code of conduct, because it does not appear to usher in any change at all?
http://www.cfoi.org.uk/wallace230699.html

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Deacons
Among the Lutherans, however, in Germany, the word deacon is generally applied to assistant, though fully ordained, ministers who aid the minister in charge of a particular cure or parish.
Then with regard to the bishop they were to relieve him of his more laborious and less important functions and in this way they came to exercise a certain measure of jurisdiction in the simpler cases which were submitted to his decision.
Compare, for example, both with the passage from the Acts with 1 Timothy 3:8 sq., quoted above, the following sentence from Hermas (Sim., IX, 26):
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04647c.htm

  
 Jim Wallace - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia
Jim Wallace (born August 25, 1954 in Annan, Dumfriesshire) is a Scottish politician, and Deputy First Minister of Scotland.
He was Liberal Democrats member of Parliament at Westminster for Orkney and Shetland from 1983 to 2001, when he stood down to concentrate on Scotland.
After the 2003 election he was named Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning.
http://encyclopedia.learnthis.info/j/ji/jim_wallace.html

  
 IOM: New HQ Opened by Deputy First Minister of Scotland
IOM: New HQ Opened by Deputy First Minister of Scotland
http://www.iom-world.org/inform/newbuild.html

  
 First Minister's speech to the STUC Annual Congress
First Minister's speech to the STUC Annual Congress
Scotland is no longer obsessed with where decisions are made — instead, we focus on the decisions themselves.
A Scotland that supports the rights of ordinary, hard-working families.
http://www.scottishlabour.org.uk/fmspeechstuc2004

  
 Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Lib Dem leader Wallace quits
Announcing his decision today, Mr Wallace, the MSP for Orkney, said: "After 13 years as leader, during which the party has made sustained progress culminating in Thursday’s historic result, I believe this is the right time to move on.
When Holyrood was created in 1999, he was elected as MSP for Orkney and gave up his Westminster seat two years later.
SCOTLAND’S Deputy First Minister Jim Wallace is to stand down from his post and quit as leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats.
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=500572005

  
 Scotland's first Youth Court opens
The Youth Court Feasibility Group, chaired by Sheriff John McInnes QC, reported to the Deputy First Minister Jim Wallace at the end of December 2002.
The Youth Court will target all 16 and 17 year olds with a history of having offended three or more times within the previous six months.
Scotland's first Youth Court, a two-year pilot based at Hamilton Sheriff Court, becomes operational from today.
http://www.scottishlabour.org.uk/youthcourt

  
 Scottish Churches Parliamentary Office, Edinburgh - Briefing Document Four - Page 2!
Deputy Minister for the Highlands & Islands and Gaelic:
First Minister and Head of the Scottish Executive:
Jim Wallace, MP; with the First Minister, responsible for the development, implementation and presentation of Scottish Executive policies; responsible for Home Affairs, including civil and criminal justice, criminal justice social work services, criminal policy in relation to drugs, police, fire and emergency planning, law reform, land reform policy and freedom of information.
http://www.actsparl.org/brief42.htm

  
 Scottish Development International : Newsroom
Picsel Technologies founders, Imran Khand and Dr Majid Anwar joined the outgoing Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and the country's Minister for Energy, Communications and Multi-Media, Leo Moggie, the British Deputy High Commissioner, Mark Canning and Deputy First Minister Jim Wallace at the signing ceremony today.
Deputy First Minister Welcomes Picsel Signing of Major Malaysian Deal
Deputy First Minister, Jim Wallace today joined Malaysia's political leaders and an innovative Scottish software company as a multi-million dollar deal was signed at the Prime Minister's office in Kuala Lumpur.
http://www.scottishdevelopmentinternational.com/news/shownews.asp?newsid=204

  
 BBC News UK Politics Ask Scotland's deputy first minister
The justice minister moved promptly to close the legal loophole, but still became the focus of opposition attacks on its handling of the issue.
A soft-spoken former QC who represents the islanders of Orkney, Mr Wallace also holds the post of Justice Minister north of the border.
A less predictable dilemma has been responding to a court's decision to free mentally ill murderer Noel Ruddle - a convicted killer who shot dead his neighbour with a Kalashnikov rifle - on the grounds he could not be treated.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/uk_politics/newsid_448000/448423.stm

  
 BBC NEWS Programmes BBC Parliament Scotland: First Minister's Questions (02/12/04)
Donald Gorrie (Central Scotland, Liberal Democrat) asked the first minister how the Scottish Executive is addressing sectarian abuse and violence.
The SNP deputy had little time for the first minister's flapping
A flustered first minister made it in the nick of time only to drop his notes on the chamber floor.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/bbc_parliament/4063195.stm

  
 Scottish Lib Dems: Press Release 8th March 2001
But we accept the decisions of the Parliament, and want to make this a successful Census.
The following are extracts from the speeches delivered today by the Registrar General for Scotland, the First Minister, the Deputy First Minister, and the other main party leaders, at the start of the publicity campaign for the 2001 Census.
The 2001 Census is the first to be held under the auspices of the Scottish Parliament, it has the support of the main political parties, and its essential neutrality and confidentiality are being ensured by the Census organisation under the direction of Registrar General for Scotland, John Randall.
http://www.cix.co.uk/~sldweb/xpress/0103082.htm

  
 EC Representation in Northern Ireland - Press releases - Commissioner Michel Barnier invited to open the Brussels ...
Michel Barnier, Member of the European Commission responsible for regional policy will be the guest of honour of the First Minister of the Northern Ireland Executive, Right Honourable David Trimble and the Deputy First Minister Mr.
Commissioner Michel Barnier invited to open the Brussels office of the Northern Ireland Executive with the First Minister of Northern Ireland, David Trimble, and Deputy First Minister, Mark Durkan
EC Representation in Northern Ireland - Press releases - Commissioner Michel Barnier invited to open the Brussels office of the Northern Ireland Executive with the First Minister of Northern Ireland, David Trimble, and Deputy First Minister, Mark Durkan
http://www.cec.org.uk/ni/press/pr/300102.htm

  
 The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Communications&Internet Services Adjudication Scheme
In 2002 Mair became an appointed arbitrator to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and the Welsh Assembly Government.
David first qualified as a mechanical engineer but, gradually, his career moved towards the commercial sector and he consequently undertook a Masters Degree in Business Administration at the Sheffield Business School.
Jane was previously a member of the Local Government Property Commission in Scotland where she dealt with disputes over property ownership between local governments in Scotland.
http://www.arbitrators.org/cisas/adjudicators.asp

  
 Encyclopedia: 2000
1999 state leaders - Events of 2000 - 2001 state leaders - State leaders by year See also: List of religious leaders in 2000 List of international organization leaders in 2000 Africa Algeria President - Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria (1999-present) Prime Minister - Ahmed Benbitour, Prime Minister of Algeria (1999–2000) Ali Benflis...
January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
List of elections that happened in 2000: Canadian federal election, 2000 - Jean Chrétiens Liberals win third consecutive majority government Greek legislative election, 2000 Taiwan presidential election, 2000 U.S. presidential election, 2000 - George W. Bush becomes president in disputed vote 2000 Toronto election - Mel Lastman reelected as mayor...
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/2000

  
 BBC News NORTHERN IRELAND Repay US with peace urges Mallon
The best way for Northern Ireland to repay the United States for its political support is by making the peace process work, acting deputy first minister Seamus Mallon has said.
Mr Mallon, the SDLP deputy leader, said that was the question that would keep coming to the fore and would be "impossible to answer with any logic or any validity".
Search for survivors and bodies continues in New York
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/northern_ireland/newsid_1546000/1546325.stm

  
 Royal Scottish Forestry Society
Tuesday 21st May - Upland Plantations; Multi-Purpose Forestry
Attending the dedication on behalf of Scotland will be First Minister of Scotland Jack McConnell, who is Scotland's highest political official.
Sounds of Drums and Bagpipes will echo through Central Park as Parks First Deputy Commissioner joins First Minister of Scotland Jack McConnell, Royal Scottish Forestry Society Vice President James Brown, and Central Park Conservancy President Regina Peruggi to dedicate a newly planted Red Oak tree in the park.
http://www.rsfs.org/news.htm

  
 International Games News May 2003
Athletes from China, Taiwan, Hong-Kong, the Philippines and Singapore, have been asked by Ireland's Minister of Health,
Submissions can be made until August 30, via the games web site at www.changchun2007.com or by mail to the committee.
With the decision, the government of Ireland and Department of Health in Dublin has said that it will accept the Philippine delegation into Ireland to compete in the Special Olympics World Games.
http://www.internationalgames.net/may2003.html

  
 Today - 999 Today : New college for Scotland
The merger proposal was approved by Ministers in June 2004.
Deputy First Minister launches Scotland’s first new college in ten years and the first merger of its kind in Scottish further education history.
Glasgow Metropolitan College is the first new institution since colleges were removed from local authority control in 1993.
http://www.999today.co.uk/education/story/835.html

  
 Glasgow Metropolitan College
Deputy First Minister launches Scotland’s first new college in ten years and the first merger of its kind in Scottish further education history.
This is the first merger of its kind in Scottish Further Education history.
This is a truly exciting time for not only staff and students at Glasgow Metropolitan College, but also for Glasgow and the future of Further Education in Scotland,”; concluded Tom Wilson.
http://www.gcftbe.co.uk/news/11_01_05.html

  
 Marxists Writers Archive
During and after World War I he became a pacifist.
First chariman of Central Committee and a founding member of the politburo.
Karl Liebknecht did that openly from the rostrum of parliament (the Reichstag) [of which he was a deputy – he was the only member of government to do so]." Assassinated by the German military.
http://www.marxists.org/archive/index.htm

  
 Open Access News (Formerly: FOS News)
Paul Justice, Free Access to Research, eLearning Scotland, January 10, 2005.
Leavitt is scheduled to appear next week before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, as well as the Senate Finance Committee.
Officials at several biomedical research organizations yesterday said they had heard reports that the White House, concerned about Leavitt's confirmation, had instructed NIH to cancel the open-access policy announcement—a matter that was first reported by Washington Fax, a daily science policy news service.
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2005_01_09_fosblogarchive.html

  
 Lost in Westminster: major scottish political figure resigns
Is facing an awkward time in his own constituency, as Transport Minister he has to decide which part of the countryside a new road should be built.
The biggest news story of the day is obviously that Jim Wallace, the deputy first minister of Scotland, leader of the Lib Dems in the Scottish Parliament coalition government is to resign.
Of the four choices two are through schools for children with special needs and the other two destroy and devalue a number of very expensive houses.
http://hamishmac.blogspot.com/2005/05/major-scottish-political-figure.html

  
 Association of Accounting Technicians
Deputy First Minister joins AAT to celebrate 25 years in Scotland
Rt Hon Jim Wallace, QC, MSP, Deputy First Minister for Scotland and Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning was guest of honour at a champagne reception hosted by AAT President, Jess Bond, to celebrate 25 years of the AAT in Scotland.
After the formal proceedings of the AGM, the winners of the AAT’s annual continuing professional development (CPD) prizes were presented and Alfred Boddison FMAAT, from York, was presented with the AAT’s Past Presidents' Award.
http://www.aat.co.uk

  
 Scottish Liberal Democrats: Jim Wallace
• European Election Candidate - South of Scotland 1979
Minister for Enterprise & Lifelong Learning 2003-
http://www.scotlibdems.org.uk/biographies/wallacej.htm

  
 IOM: Offical Opening of New HQ
Deputy First Minister, Jim Wallace, at the opening plaque cermony.
The IOM's new £3.5m headquarters were officially opened at Riccarton in Edinburgh on the 30th June 2004 by the Deputy First Minister Jim Wallace.
IOM: Offical Opening of New HQ IOM: New HQ officially opened by Deputy First Minister Jim Wallace
http://www.iom-world.org/inform/opening.php

  
 001005g PRESS STATEMENT FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING ON THURSDAY 5 OCTOBER 2000 Office of the First and Deputy ...
The Executive Committee considered a paper from the Minister of the Environment on sustainable development.
The Executive Committee had a comprehensive and constructive discussion on the draft Programme for Government and the budget for next year.
The Executive Committee noted the importance of providing impetus to the programme of electronic delivery of government services and agreed to Northern Ireland's continued participation along with Scotland and Wales in the Cabinet Office's UKonline programme.
http://www.nics.gov.uk/press/ofmdfm/001005h-ofmdfm.htm

  
 Open Access Now Open Access News
Joab Jackson, First draft of revised Data Reference Model released, GCN, June 13, 2005.
Excerpt: 'The federal Data Reference Model working group released the first draft of the DRM Specification today.
It's a fine line, of course, but given the way the courts have been acting lately, it would seem likely that they would side with the publishers -- and claim that the libraries were violating the publishers' rights in digitizing the books in the first place.'
http://www.biomedcentral.com/openaccess/oanews

  
 EC Representation in Northern Ireland - Press releases - Deputy First Minister Durkan launches EU Funding Guide at ...
Deputy First Minister, Mr Mark Durkan, will open the conference and will also launch the Commission’s latest publication, European Funding and Northern Ireland.
The conference will provide an overview of Northern Ireland’s relationship with the European Union, as well as an update on some of the major current issues, in particular, economic and monetary union and governance in the EU.
EC Representation in Northern Ireland - Press releases - Deputy First Minister Durkan launches EU Funding Guide at European Information Conference
http://www.cec.org.uk/ni/press/pr/270302.htm

  
 Victim Support in England, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Victim Support in England, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales
http://www.victimsupport.org

  
 Ranks 5 to 8, Scotland's command authority
Click for: Ranks 1 to 4 ___ Ranks 9 to 11 ___ Ranks 12 & 13
CLICK TWICE in the top right hand corner of the ad.
To identify and to flag up Scotland's current command authority.
http://www.geocities.com/scotpeterdow0/scotlandscommandauthority2.htm

  
 Jim Wallace - Deputy First Minister / Alistair Carmichael - MP for Orkney and Shetland
Jim Wallace - Deputy First Minister / Alistair Carmichael - MP for Orkney and Shetland
This site is best viewed at at least 800x600 resolution with Netscape 4+ or IE4+ You will need Flash 6 (approx.
http://www.orkneympmsp.org

  
 001204d-ofmdfm UK ONLINE: CITIZEN PORTAL GOES LIVE Office of the First and Deputy First Minister 4 December 2000
001204d-ofmdfm UK ONLINE: CITIZEN PORTAL GOES LIVE Office of the First and Deputy First Minister 4 December 2000
The portal is structured so that citizens can decide whether to look at information relating to services provided in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
The UK Online Citizen Portal will be the single place where the public - from new mothers and victims of crime to small business and holiday-makers - can access UK Government information and services online.
http://www.nics.gov.uk/press/ofmdfm/001204d-ofmdfm.htm

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