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Minister for business innovation and energy paul wheelhouse
Paul Richard William Wheelhouse (born 22 June 1970) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician and the Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy in the Scottish Government. He has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the South Scotland region since 2011.
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- Minister for business innovation and energy paul wheelhouse
- Mhairi s campaign diary hawick with paul wheelhouse
- Early life
- Scottish Parliament
- References
Mhairi s campaign diary hawick with paul wheelhouse
Early life
Wheelhouse was raised in Edinburgh, attending Stewart's Melville College. He has an MA in Economic Science from the University of Aberdeen and an MBA from the University of Edinburgh. He is a former member of the Conservative Party and was active in the University of Aberdeen Conservative and Unionist Association.
Wheelhouse was the SNP candidate for the Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk constituency in the 2010 UK general election.
Scottish Parliament
Wheelhouse then stood for election to the Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire constituency in the 2011 Scottish Parliament general election. He was second to Conservative John Lamont in that contest, but was elected to the Scottish Parliament on the South of Scotland regional list.
In September 2012 he became Minister for Environment and Climate Change, replacing Stewart Stevenson. Nicola Sturgeon became First Minister in November 2014 and he was appointed to the position of Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs.
In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election he stood for the Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire constituency and came second, then was returned to the Parliament by the regional list.