Linda Fabiani

Linda Fabiani MSP


Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 May 2016 Serving with Christine Grahame
Preceded by	Elaine Smith
Convener of the Scottish Parliament Scotland Bill Committee
In office 21 June 2011 – 23 March 2016
Preceded by	Wendy Alexander
Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture and Minister for Gaelic
In office 17 May 2007 – 12 February 2009
First Minister	Alex Salmond
Preceded by	Patricia Ferguson (as Minister for Gaelic)
Succeeded by	Michael Russell
Member of the Scottish Parliament for East Kilbride
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2011
Preceded by	Andy Kerr
Majority	1,949 (6.5%)
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Central Scotland
In office 6 May 1999 – 6 May 2011
Preceded by	new parliament
Personal details
Born	(1956-12-14) 14 December 1956
Political party	Scottish National Party
Spouse(s)	Duncan McLean
Residence	Strathaven

Linda Fabiani (born 14 December 1956 in Glasgow) is a Scottish politician, with Italian origins. A member of the Scottish National Party, she is the Member of the Scottish Parliament for East Kilbride.

She was elected as a regional member of the Scottish Parliament to represent Central Scotland at the 1999 election. She was re-elected as a regional member at the elections of 2003 and 2007

At each of these elections, Fabiani had also contested the First past the post constituency of East Kilbride finishing as runner up to Andy Kerr of Labour, reducing Labour's majority from 6,499 in 1999 to 1,972 in 2007.

Following the election of 2003, she served as the SNP's Deputy Spokesman on Communities inside the Scottish Parliament and chaired the Parliament's European and External Relations Committee.

In 2007, Fabiani was made Knight of the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity by Italy in recognition of her work promoting links between Scotland and Italy.^[1]

With the SNP taking control of the Scottish Government after the 2007 election,^[2] Fabiani was appointed Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture. Half way though the SNP's term, she was replaced as minister by Mike Russell.

In 2009, she was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland.

In May 2011, in the first SNP gain of the election, Fabiani took the East Kilbride constituency from Andy Kerr. With Kerr widely touted as a potential successor to Labour Leader Iain Gray, this was one of the major SNP victories of the election.^[3]

After her election, she set up a constituency office in 1/3 Strathmore House in the town centre of East Kilbride.

After being re-elected in the 2016 election, Fabiani was elected as one of the two Deputy Presiding Officers of the Scottish Parliament.

References

External links

Linda Fabiani MSP - Personal Website
Linda Fabiani MSP Biography at Scottish Parliament website
TheyWorkForYou.com

Political offices
Preceded by New post	Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture 2007–2009	Succeeded by Mike Russell (as Minister for Culture, External Affairs and the Constitution)
Preceded by Patricia Ferguson	Minister for Gaelic 2007–2009	Succeeded by Mike Russell

Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Central Scotland region

Elected in the 2016 election

Constituency MSPs	Alex Neil (SNP, Airdrie and Shotts) Fulton MacGregor (SNP, Coatbridge and Chryston) Jamie Hepburn (SNP, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) Linda Fabiani (SNP, East Kilbride) Angus MacDonald (SNP, Falkirk East) Michael Matheson (SNP, Falkirk West) Christina McKelvie (SNP, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse) Clare Adamson (SNP, Motherwell and Wishaw) Richard Lyle (SNP, Uddingston and Bellshill)

Additional members	Mark Griffin (Lab) Alison Harris (Con) Richard Leonard (Lab) Monica Lennon (Lab) Margaret Mitchell (Con) Graham Simpson (Con) Elaine Smith (Lab)

SNP (9 seats), Labour (4 seats), Conservative (3 seats)

Scottish National Party MSPs

First Minister	Nicola Sturgeon

Cabinet Secretaries	John Swinney Derek Mackay Shona Robison Roseanna Cunningham Fiona Hyslop Angela Constance Michael Matheson Keith Brown Fergus Ewing

Ministers	Mark McDonald Shirley-Anne Somerville Joe FitzPatrick Humza Yousaf Paul Wheelhouse Jamie Hepburn Aileen Campbell Maureen Watt Annabelle Ewing Kevin Stewart Jeane Freeman Alasdair Allan

Backbench	George Adam Clare Adamson Tom Arthur Colin Beattie Willie Coffey Bruce Crawford Ash Denham Graeme Dey Bob Doris James Dornan Mairi Evans Linda Fabiani Kate Forbes Kenneth Gibson Jenny Gilruth Christine Grahame Emma Harper Clare Haughey Bill Kidd Richard Lochhead Richard Lyle Angus MacDonald Gordon MacDonald Fulton MacGregor Rona Mackay Ben Macpherson Ruth Maguire Gillian Martin John Mason Joan McAlpine Ivan McKee Christina McKelvie Stuart McMillan Alex Neil Gil Paterson Gail Ross Michael Russell Stewart Stevenson Maree Todd David Torrance Sandra White

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