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Donald Campbell Dewar (21 August 1937 – 11 October 2000) was a Scottish statesman and politician who served as the inaugural first minister of Scotland and leader of the Labour Party in Scotland from 1999 until his death in 2000.
Oct 11, 2020 · A tribute to the first Scottish First Minister, who died 20 years ago, by a former colleague and friend. Learn about his life, career, personality and achievements in politics and football.
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Oct 3, 2010 · A decade after his death from a brain haemorrhage, BBC Scotland's political editor Brian Taylor revisits the events and the legacy of Donald Dewar, who campaigned for decades to restore Scotland's Parliament. He speaks to his friends, colleagues, family and former constituents.
Learn about the life and achievements of Donald Dewar, Scotland's first First Minister and the leader of the campaign for a Scottish Parliament. He was a graduate and a former President of the University of Glasgow, and received an honorary LLD in 1998.
Donald Campbell Dewar (21 August 1937 – 11 October 2000) was the first First Minister of Scotland from 1999 until his death in 2000. He was the first person to hold the position of First Minister following the establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999.
Oct 10, 2020 · Twenty years after the sudden death of Scotland’s first First Minister Donald Dewar, Michael Alexander explores his legacy by speaking to several former political colleagues who knew him...
Oct 12, 2000 · Donald Dewar, a lifelong Labor politician whose devotion to greater power for Scotland was rewarded in 1999 when he became first minister of the first Scottish Parliament in almost 300 years,...
