Ross Finnie
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James Ross Finnie is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician and a former Member of the Scottish Parliament. He is a former Minister for the Environment and Rural Development in the Scottish Executive,
Official portrait, 2003
Jack McConnell
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Jack Wilson McConnell, Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale, is a Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland from 2001 to 2007. McConnell serv
Ross Finnie
…since 1999 until the Labour-Liberal Democrat government lost power in 2007, making him the longest-serving member of the Scottish cabinet, other than Jack McConnell who was First Minister. One of the main events in Finnie's time as Minister for Environment and Rural Affairs was the outbreak of foot and mouth in the…
Official portrait, 2019
McConnell, seated second on the right, as a member of the Dewar administration, June 1999
McConnell chairs the first meeting of his first government cabinet, December 2001
McConnell meets Vice-President of the European Commission, Margot Wallström, October 2005