Graeme James Dey (born 29 October 1962) is a Scottish politician currently serving as the
Minister for Veterans and the
Minister for Higher and Further Education since 2023. He served as
Minister for Transport from 2021 to 2022, having previously served as
Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans from 2018 to 2021. A member of the
Scottish National Party
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(SNP), he has been
Member of the Scottish Parliament
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Electoral system
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(MSP) for
Angus South since
2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
.
Career
Dey is a journalist, having worked for
DC Thomson since 1980 and serving as sports editor of ''
The Courier''. From 2001 to 2017, he served as MP
Mike Weir's election agent, managing successful campaigns in
2001
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,
2005
2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
, and
2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
.
Politics
At the
2011 Scottish Parliament election, Dey was elected as MSP for
Angus South with 16,164 votes (58.5% of total), a 38.3% majority.
He served as Deputy Convener of the Parliament's Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment (RACCE) Committee during its scrutiny of the
Land Reform
Land reform (also known as agrarian reform) involves the changing of laws, regulations, or customs regarding land ownership, land use, and land transfers. The reforms may be initiated by governments, by interested groups, or by revolution.
Lan ...
Bill 2015.
Dey was re-elected in
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
. On 27 June 2018, he was appointed as
Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans, a junior post in
Nicola Sturgeon's
Scottish Government
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.
After the
election in May 2021, he was appointed on 20 May 2021 as
Minister for Transport.
In January 2022, Dey tendered his resignation as Transport Minister for health reasons.
In 2023, he was appointed
Minister for Higher and Further Education and
Minister for Veterans in the
Yousaf government.
On 19 February 2025, Dey announced he would stand down at the
2026 Scottish Parliament election.
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References
External links
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personal websiteprofileat SNP.org
1962 births
Living people
Members of the Scottish Parliament 2011–2016
Scottish National Party MSPs
Members of the Scottish Parliament 2016–2021
Members of the Scottish Parliament 2021–2026
Land reform in Scotland
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