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The Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise is a Junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government. As a result, the Minister does not attend^[1] the Scottish Cabinet. The post was retitled in June 2018: the Minister supports the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work and the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, both of whom are members of cabinet.^[2]

List of office holders edit

The current Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise is Ivan McKee.

Name		Entered Office	Left Office	Party	First Minister
Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism edit
	Jim Mather	17 May 2007	20 May 2011	Scottish National Party	Alex Salmond
Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism edit
	Fergus Ewing	20 May 2011	18 May 2016	Scottish National Party	Alex Salmond Nicola Sturgeon
Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy edit
	Paul Wheelhouse	18 May 2016	27 June 2018	Scottish National Party	Nicola Sturgeon
Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills edit
	Jamie Hepburn	27 June 2018	20 May 2021	Scottish National Party	Nicola Sturgeon
Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise edit
	Ivan McKee	20 May 2021	29 March 2023	Scottish National Party	Nicola Sturgeon

History edit

From 1999 to 2007, enterprise and energy were the responsibility of the Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning. The Second McConnell government from 2003 to 2007 instituted Tourism as a portfolio, combined with Culture and Sport, as the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport. The Salmond government, elected following the 2007 Scottish Parliament election created the junior post of Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism by combining the roles. In November 2014 his post became the Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism, as part of the first Sturgeon government. The post was retitled as Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy as part of the second Sturgeon government, and renamed again in June 2018 to Business, Fair Work and Skills.^[2] Upon the creation of the Third Sturgeon Government, the post was once more retitled as Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise.

References edit

^ Scotland Act (1998), Only those appointed under Section 47 of the Scotland Act "attend" Cabinet. Junior ministers are appointed under Section 49 and may be "present".
^ ^a ^b "Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills". Scottish Government. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.