Jenny Gilruth
Scottish politician (born 1984) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jennifer Madeleine Gilruth (born 1984) is a Scottish politician who has served as the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills since 2023. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Mid Fife and Glenrothes since 2016.[1]
Jenny Gilruth | |
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Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills | |
Assumed office 29 March 2023 | |
First Minister | Humza Yousaf John Swinney |
Preceded by | Shirley-Anne Somerville |
Minister for Transport | |
In office 24 January 2022 – 29 March 2023 | |
First Minister | Nicola Sturgeon |
Preceded by | Graeme Dey |
Succeeded by | Kevin Stewart |
Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development | |
In office 17 February 2020 – 24 January 2022 | |
First Minister | Nicola Sturgeon |
Preceded by | Ben Macpherson |
Succeeded by | Neil Gray |
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Fife and Glenrothes | |
Assumed office 6 May 2016 | |
Preceded by | Tricia Marwick |
Majority | 10,234 (31.3%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Jennifer Madeleine Gilruth 1984 (age 39–40) Aberdeen, Scotland |
Political party | Scottish National Party |
Spouse | |
Alma mater | University of Glasgow University of Strathclyde |
Website | www |
In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, Gilruth was elected as a member of the Scottish Parliament for the Mid Fife and Glenrothes constituency. She sat on the SNP's backbenches and served successively in the parliament's education, health, justice and social security committees. On 17 February 2020, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon appointed Gilruth to the Scottish Government as the minister for culture, Europe and international development. She was later reshuffled as the transport minister and oversaw the transition of the public ownership of ScotRail. Following Humza Yousaf's appointment as first minister of Scotland, a campaign Gilruth endorsed, she was subsequently appointed to cabinet as the education secretary.