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The Scottish Government was known as the Scottish Executive when it was established in 1999 following the first elections to the Scottish Parliament. The current administration was formed after elections in May 2007.
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SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT NEWS
Permanent secretary and Salmond roles questioned
Leveson heard that the permanent secretary would be a ''conduit'' between the government and News Corporation
''Drugs being taken off Scotland's streets''
There were 27,319 seizures by Scottish police forces in 2010/11 – 25 per cent involving a class A drug
Scottish ministers welcome cloud computing jobs
Highly-skilled computing jobs are to be created in Scotland, ministers have announced
Budget fails growth and fairness test - Swinney
George Osborne's Budget missed a major opportunity to get the economy moving and deliver greater fairness, Scottish Finance Minister John Swinney has claimed
Cameron to target booze culture ''scandal''
The Prime Minister has said that he wants to tackle the problem which costs the NHS over £2.7bn a year
LATEST SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT FEATURES
The finest police service in the world is slipping away
The Police Federation of England and Wales chairman Paul McKeever says government policies are quietly undermining what is recognised as the finest, most independent and accountable police service on the planet
It's a powerful argument
The Scottish government has pledged to meet the equivalent of 100 per cent of gross annual electricity demand from renewables by 2020. Maureen Ferrier looks at what's been achieved so far
Independence: what would we do with it?
What a Scottish government might do with greater powers and responsibilities, whether through independence or something close to it, is currently unclear, writes Professor Richard Kerley
Alex Salmond
First Minister
Nicola Sturgeon
Deputy first minister and health secretary
Fiona Hyslop
Culture and external affairs minister
Bruce Crawford
Parliamentary business minister
John Swinney
Finance secretary
Michael Russell
Education secretary
Kenny MacAskill
Justice secretary
Richard Lockhead
Environment secretary
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