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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 · Donald Dewar collapsed at Bute House and was taken to Edinburgh’s Western Infirmary, where he died from a brain haemorrhage. He was only 63. The sense of shock was profound for he...
Oct 12, 2000 · Donald Dewar, the Scottish First Minister, who has died aged 63, was one of the unlikeliest of Scottish heroes. In a land that reveres fighters and footballers, Dewar did not fit the mould.
Donald Dewar (1937-2000) was Scotland's first First Minister and is generally recognised as the architect of Devolution. After his death, the University created the Donald Dewar Scholarships and the Donald Dewar Lectureship.
Oct 3, 2010 · Donald Dewar campaigned for decades to restore Scotland's Parliament. He argued for devolution long before it was established orthodoxy within his own Labour Party. But, with his objective...
In May 1999 Donald Dewar became the first minister of the first Scottish Parliament in almost 300 years. It secured for him a place in history and represented a true...
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,...
