Scottish Government

Minister for Commonwealth
Games and Sport

Shona Robison MSP
Biography

Minister for Public Health

Michael Matheson MSP
Biography

Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth

John Swinney MSP
Responsibilities: The economy, Scottish Budget, employment, public service reform, Better Regulation, local government, public service delivery, community planning, Registers of Scotland, Scottish Public Pensions Agency, relocation, e-government, budgetary monitoring, business & industry including Scottish Enterprise, Highlands & Islands Enterprise, trade & inward investment, corporate social responsibility, voluntary sector & the social economy, community business & co-operative development, energy, renewables, tourism, building standards, land use planning.
Biography

Minister for Energy, Enterprise
and Tourism

Fergus Ewing MSP
Biography

Minister for Local Government
and Planning

Derek Mackay MSP
Biography

Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning

Michael Russell MSP
Responsibilities: Further and higher education, science and lifelong learning, school education, early years, training and skills, new education agency, the Scottish Qualifications Authority, nurseries and childcare, children's services, children's hearings, social work, Youth Employment, Gaelic and Scots.

Biography

Minister for Children and
Young People

Aileen Campbell MSP
Biography

Minister for Learning, Science and
Scotland's Languages

Dr Alasdair Allan MSP
Biography

Minister for Youth Employment

Angela Constance MSP
Biography

Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy

Bruce Crawford MSP
Responsibilities: Parliamentary affairs and the management of Government business in the Parliament, and developing Government strategy and co-ordinating policy delivery across portfolios.
Biography

Minister for Parliamentary Business and Chief Whip

Brian Adam MSP
Biography

Cabinet Secretary for Justice

Kenny MacAskill MSP
Responsibilities: Criminal law and procedure, youth justice, criminal justice social work, police, prisons and sentencing policy, legal aid, legal profession, courts and law reform, anti-social behaviour, sectarianism, human rights, fire and rescue services, community safety, civil contingencies, drugs policy and related matters, liquor licensing, vulnerable witnesses, victim support and civil law, charity law, religious and faith organisations.
Biography

Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs

(with responsibility for tackling sectarianism)
Roseanna Cunningham MSP
Biography

Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment

Richard Lochhead
Responsibilities: Agriculture, fisheries and rural development including aquaculture and forestry, environment and natural heritage, land reform, water quality regulation, sustainable development and climate change.
Biography

Minister for Environment and Climate Change

Stewart Stevenson MSP
Biography