Cabinet of Sturgeon II

Cabinet of Sturgeon II
8. Scottish Government
First Minister	Nicola Sturgeon
choice	2016
Legislative period	5.
education	17th May 2016
Duration	4 years and 107 days
predecessor	Cabinet Sturgeon I
composition
Party (s)	SNP
minister	12
State Secretaries	14th
representation
Scottish Parliament	63/129
Opposition leader	Ruth Davidson ( Tories )

The Sturgeon II Cabinet is a cabinet in the Scottish Parliament . It formed after the 2016 general election . Nicola Sturgeon was elected First Minister by Parliament on May 17, 2016 .

The government is a minority government of the Scottish National Party , which won the most seats in the 2016 general election , but lost an absolute majority of seats in the previous election.

Members

Cabinet of Sturgeon II

Minister (Cabinet Secretary)	Surname	Political party
First Minister	Nicola Sturgeon	SNP
Deputy First Minister Minister for Education and Skills	John Swinney	SNP
Finance, Economy, and Just Work	Derek Mackay	SNP
Health and sport	Shona Robison until 2018	SNP
	Jeane Freeman since 2018	SNP
Environment, climate change and land reform	Roseanna Cunningham	SNP
Culture, tourism and external relations	Fiona Hyslop	SNP
Municipalities and local government	Angela Constance until 2018	SNP
	Aileen Campbell since 2018	SNP
Judiciary	Michael Matheson until 2018	SNP
	Humza Yousaf since 2018	SNP
Economy, jobs and fair work	Keith Brown until 2018	SNP
Agriculture and Connectivity	Fergus Ewing	SNP
Social security and the elderly	Shirley-Anne Somerville since 2018	SNP
Government affairs and constitutional issues	Michael Russell since 2018	SNP
Transport, infrastructure and connectivity	Michael Matheson since 2018	SNP

State Secretary (Junior Minister)	Surname	Political party
Child care and youth	Mark McDonald until November 4, 2017	Independent
	Maree Todd since November 7, 2017	SNP
Continuing education, higher education and science	Shirley-Anne Somerville until 2018	SNP
	Richard Lochhead since 2018	SNP
Parliamentary Affairs and Veterans	Joe FitzPatrick until 2018	SNP
	Graeme Dey since 2018	SNP
Energy, connectivity and the islands	Humza Yousaf until 2018	SNP
	Paul Wheelhouse since 2018	SNP
Economy, fair work and professional qualifications	Paul Wheelhouse until 2018	SNP
	Jamie Hepburn since 2018	SNP
Public Health, Exercise and Wellbeing	Aileen Campbell until 2018	SNP
	Joe FitzPatrick since 2018	SNP
Mental health	Maureen Watt by 2018	SNP
	Clare Haughey since 2018	SNP
general security	Annabelle Ewing until 2018	SNP
	Ash Denham since 2018	SNP
Local government, housing and planning	Kevin Stewart	SNP
Social Security	Jeane Freeman until 2018	SNP
Europe, Migration and International Development	Alasdair Allan until 2018	SNP
	Ben Macpherson since 2018	SNP
For the British negotiations on Scotland's place in Europe	Michael Russell until 2018	SNP
Older people and equality	Christina McKelvie since 2018	SNP
Trade, investment and innovation	Ivan McKee since 2018	SNP
Public finance and digital economy	Kate Forbes since 2018	SNP
Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment	Mairi Gougeon since 2018	SNP

Justice officials * (Law officers)	Surname	since
Lord Advocate	James Wolffe	2016-
Solicitor General for Scotland	Alison Di Rollo	2016-

^* The judicial officers are counted among the members of the cabinet, but are not ministers or state secretaries and have not attended cabinet meetings since 2007.

Web links

• Overview of the Scottish Cabinet , gov.scot (English)
• Overview of the Scottish Cabinet , parliament.scot (English)

Individual evidence