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class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />31 August 2021 – 25 April 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">First Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nicola_Sturgeon" title="Nicola Sturgeon">Nicola Sturgeon</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Humza_Yousaf" title="Humza Yousaf">Humza Yousaf</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Office established</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Office abolished</i></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Scottish_Green_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the Scottish Green Party">Co-Leader of the Scottish Greens</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />1 August 2019<div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.2em; padding-bottom:0.1em">Serving with <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Harvie" title="Patrick Harvie">Patrick Harvie</a></div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Chapman" title="Maggie Chapman">Maggie Chapman</a> (As Party Co-Convenor) <br /> <a href="/wiki/Alison_Johnstone" title="Alison Johnstone">Alison Johnstone</a> (As Parliamentary Co-Leader)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">Member of the Scottish Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Lothian_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Lothian</a><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />13 May 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Scottish Green portfolios</th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">2021</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Net_Zero,_Energy_and_Transport" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport">Economic Recovery and Green Industrial Strategy</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Lorna Slater</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1975-09-27</span>) </span>27 September 1975<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 49)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Calgary" title="Calgary">Calgary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alberta" title="Alberta">Alberta</a>, Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Greens</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a 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class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#efefef; border-top:1px solid;background: var(--background-color-interactive, #efefef); color: var(--color-base, #000);;color: var(--color-base)">Philosophers</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hannah_Arendt" title="Hannah Arendt">Arendt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julian_Baggini" title="Julian Baggini">Baggini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Bello" title="Andrés Bello">Bello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Bentham" title="Jeremy Bentham">Bentham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Bodin" title="Jean Bodin">Bodin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlo_Cattaneo" title="Carlo Cattaneo">Cattaneo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophie_Grace_Chappell" title="Sophie Grace Chappell">Chappell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cicero" title="Cicero">Cicero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marquis_de_Condorcet" title="Marquis de Condorcet">Condorcet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Crick" title="Bernard Crick">Crick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Harrington_(author)" title="James Harrington (author)">Harrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Honderich" title="Ted Honderich">Honderich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immanuel_Kant" title="Immanuel Kant">Kant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Locke" title="John Locke">Locke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Machiavelli" title="Niccolò Machiavelli">Machiavelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Madison" title="James Madison">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Mazzini" title="Giuseppe Mazzini">Mazzini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill" title="John Stuart Mill">Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montesquieu" title="Montesquieu">Montesquieu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Paine" title="Thomas Paine">Paine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Pettit" title="Philip Pettit">Pettit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polybius" title="Polybius">Polybius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Rousseau" title="Jean-Jacques Rousseau">Rousseau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Sandel" title="Michael Sandel">Sandel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algernon_Sidney" title="Algernon Sidney">Sidney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cass_Sunstein" title="Cass Sunstein">Sunstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexis_de_Tocqueville" title="Alexis de Tocqueville">Tocqueville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Warburton" title="Nigel Warburton">Warburton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Wollstonecraft" title="Mary Wollstonecraft">Wollstonecraft</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="text-align:left;text-align:center;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#efefef; border-top:1px solid;background: var(--background-color-interactive, #efefef); color: var(--color-base, #000);;color: var(--color-base)">Politicians</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Adams" title="Gerry Adams">Adams (Gerry)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Adams" title="John Adams">Adams (John)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mustafa_Kemal_Atat%C3%BCrk" title="Mustafa Kemal Atatürk">Atatürk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manuel_Aza%C3%B1a" title="Manuel Azaña">Azaña</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Bartley" title="Jonathan Bartley">Bartley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Benn" title="Tony Benn">Benn (Tony)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natalie_Bennett" title="Natalie Bennett">Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mhairi_Black" title="Mhairi Black">Black</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sim%C3%B3n_Bol%C3%ADvar" title="Simón Bolívar">Bolívar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Burgon" title="Richard Burgon">Burgon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Campbell" title="Ronnie Campbell">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Chapman" title="Maggie Chapman">Chapman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katy_Clark" title="Katy Clark">Clark (Katy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Clarke_(Irish_republican)" title="Tom Clarke (Irish republican)">Clarke (Tom)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Connolly" title="James Connolly">Connolly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell" title="Oliver Cromwell">Cromwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Davidson_(Scottish_politician)" title="Ian Davidson (Scottish politician)">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Drakeford" title="Mark Drakeford">Drakeford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Etherington" title="Bill Etherington">Etherington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Fabiani" title="Linda Fabiani">Fabiani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Ferguson_(politician)" title="Mark Ferguson (politician)">Ferguson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Flynn_(politician)" title="Paul Flynn (politician)">Flynn (Paul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Flynn" title="Stephen Flynn">Flynn (Stephen)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Galloway" title="George Galloway">Galloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Gambetta" title="Léon Gambetta">Gambetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Garibaldi" title="Giuseppe Garibaldi">Garibaldi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle" title="Charles de Gaulle">de Gaulle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Greer" title="Ross Greer">Greer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jules_Gr%C3%A9vy" title="Jules Grévy">Grévy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nia_Griffith" title="Nia Griffith">Griffith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Griffiths_(Welsh_politician)" title="John Griffiths (Welsh politician)">Griffiths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Harvie" title="Patrick Harvie">Harvie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derek_Hatton" title="Derek Hatton">Hatton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacques_H%C3%A9bert" title="Jacques Hébert">Hébert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelvin_Hopkins" title="Kelvin Hopkins">Hopkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julian_Huppert" title="Julian Huppert">Huppert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhun_ap_Iorwerth" title="Rhun ap Iorwerth">Iorwerth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenda_Jackson" title="Glenda Jackson">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Jay" title="John Jay">Jay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elin_Jones" title="Elin Jones">Jones (Elin)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynne_Jones" title="Lynne Jones">Jones (Lynne)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benito_Ju%C3%A1rez" title="Benito Juárez">Juárez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosie_Kane" title="Rosie Kane">Kane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruhollah_Khomeini" title="Ruhollah Khomeini">Khomeini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ugo_La_Malfa" title="Ugo La Malfa">La Malfa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clive_Lewis_(politician)" title="Clive Lewis (politician)">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Lucas" title="Caroline Lucas">Lucas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillian_Mackay" title="Gillian Mackay">Mackay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Lyon_Mackenzie" title="William Lyon Mackenzie">Mackenzie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Madison" title="James Madison">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magid_Magid" title="Magid Magid">Magid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_McKechin" title="Ann McKechin">McKechin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Mullin_(politician)" title="Chris Mullin (politician)">Mullin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Naysmith" title="Doug Naysmith">Naysmith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethel_Mannin" title="Ethel Mannin">Mannin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McDonnell" title="John McDonnell">McDonnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Nandy" title="Lisa Nandy">Nandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Nehru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Pound" title="Stephen Pound">Pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Prescott" title="John Prescott">Prescott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Ritchie" title="Ken Ritchie">Ritchie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maximilien_Robespierre" title="Maximilien Robespierre">Robespierre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethan_Sayed" title="Bethan Sayed">Sayed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Skates" title="Ken Skates">Skates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Skinner" title="Dennis Skinner">Skinner</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Slater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Slaughter" title="Andy Slaughter">Slaughter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cat_Smith" title="Cat Smith">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Spadolini" title="Giovanni Spadolini">Spadolini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Yat-sen" title="Sun Yat-sen">Sun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Taverne" title="Dick Taverne">Taverne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleftherios_Venizelos" title="Eleftherios Venizelos">Venizelos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Wilson_(Scottish_politician)" title="Bill Wilson (Scottish politician)">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leanne_Wood" title="Leanne Wood">Wood</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="text-align:left;text-align:center;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#efefef; border-top:1px solid;background: var(--background-color-interactive, #efefef); color: var(--color-base, #000);;color: var(--color-base)">Theoretical works</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Republic_(Plato)" title="Republic (Plato)">Republic</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(c. 375 BC)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/De_re_publica" title="De re publica">De re publica</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(54–51 BC)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Discourses_on_Livy" title="Discourses on Livy">Discourses on Livy</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1531)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tenure_of_Kings_and_Magistrates" title="The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates">The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1649)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Commonwealth_of_Oceana" title="The Commonwealth of Oceana">The Commonwealth of Oceana</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1656)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Discourses_Concerning_Government" title="Discourses Concerning Government">Discourses Concerning Government</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1698)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Spirit_of_Law" title="The Spirit of Law">The Spirit of Law</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1748)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Discourse_on_Inequality" title="Discourse on Inequality">Discourse on Inequality</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1755)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Social_Contract" title="The Social Contract">The Social Contract</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1762)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Federalist_Papers" title="The Federalist Papers">The Federalist Papers</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1787–1788)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rights_of_Man" title="Rights of Man">Rights of Man</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1791)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Perpetual_Peace:_A_Philosophical_Sketch" title="Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch">Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1794)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Democracy_in_America" title="Democracy in America">Democracy in America</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1835–1840)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/On_Revolution" title="On Revolution">On Revolution</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1963)</span></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="text-align:left;text-align:center;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#efefef; border-top:1px solid;background: var(--background-color-interactive, #efefef); color: var(--color-base, #000);;color: var(--color-base)">History</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ga%E1%B9%87asa%E1%B9%85gha" title="Gaṇasaṅgha"><span title="Sanskrit-language romanization"><i lang="sa-Latn">Gaṇasaṅgha</i></span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Classical_Athens" title="Classical Athens">Classical Athens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Republic of Venice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Genoa" title="Republic of Genoa">Republic of Genoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Florence" title="Republic of Florence">Republic of Florence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_American_wars_of_independence" title="Spanish American wars of independence">Spanish American wars of independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trienio_Liberal" title="Trienio Liberal">Trienio Liberal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Revolution_of_1848" title="French Revolution of 1848">French Revolution of 1848</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5_October_1910_revolution" title="5 October 1910 revolution">5 October 1910 revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Revolution" title="1911 Revolution">Chinese Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Revolution" title="Russian Revolution">Russian Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_Revolution_of_1918%E2%80%931919" class="mw-redirect" title="German Revolution of 1918–1919">German Revolution of 1918–1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_War_of_Independence" title="Turkish War of Independence">Turkish War of Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_Revolution_of_1921" title="Mongolian Revolution of 1921">Mongolian Revolution of 1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11_September_1922_Revolution" title="11 September 1922 Revolution">11 September 1922 Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Greek_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="1935 Greek coup d'état attempt">1935 Greek coup d'état attempt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" title="Spanish Civil War">Spanish Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Italian_institutional_referendum" title="1946 Italian institutional referendum">1946 Italian institutional referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Egyptian_revolution" title="1952 Egyptian revolution">1952 Egyptian revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14_July_Revolution" title="14 July Revolution">14 July Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Yemen_civil_war" title="North Yemen civil war">North Yemen civil war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zanzibar_Revolution" title="Zanzibar Revolution">Zanzibar Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Libyan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" class="mw-redirect" title="1969 Libyan coup d'état">1969 Libyan coup d'état</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Cambodian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1970 Cambodian coup d'état">1970 Cambodian coup d'état</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metapolitefsi" title="Metapolitefsi">Metapolitefsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Revolution">Iranian Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Fijian_coups_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1987 Fijian coups d'état">1987 Fijian coups d'état</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepalese_Civil_War" title="Nepalese Civil War">Nepalese Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republicanism_in_Barbados" title="Republicanism in Barbados">Barbadian Republic Proclamation</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="text-align:left;text-align:center;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#efefef; border-top:1px solid;background: var(--background-color-interactive, #efefef); color: var(--color-base, #000);;color: var(--color-base)">National variants</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Republicanism_in_Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Republicanism in Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republicanism_in_Australia" title="Republicanism in Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republicanism_in_the_Bahamas" title="Republicanism in the Bahamas">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republicanism_in_Barbados" title="Republicanism in Barbados">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republicanism_in_Canada" title="Republicanism in Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_republicanism" title="Irish republicanism">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republicanism_in_Jamaica" title="Republicanism in Jamaica">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-monarchism_in_Japan" title="Anti-monarchism in Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republicanism_in_Morocco" title="Republicanism in Morocco">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republicanism_in_the_Netherlands" title="Republicanism in the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republicanism_in_New_Zealand" title="Republicanism in New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republicanism_in_Norway" title="Republicanism in Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republicanism_in_Spain" title="Republicanism in Spain">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republicanism_in_Sweden" title="Republicanism in Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republicanism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Republicanism in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_republicanism" title="Scottish republicanism">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_republicanism" title="Welsh republicanism">Wales</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republicanism_in_the_United_States" title="Republicanism in the United States">United States</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="text-align:left;text-align:center;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#efefef; border-top:1px solid;background: var(--background-color-interactive, #efefef); color: var(--color-base, #000);;color: var(--color-base)">Related topics</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Classical_radicalism" title="Classical radicalism">Classical radicalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Common_good" title="Common good">Common good</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communitarianism" title="Communitarianism">Communitarianism</a></li> 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template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lorna Slater</b> (born 27 September 1975) is a Scots-Canadian politician in Scotland, who served as <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Green_Skills,_Circular_Economy_and_Biodiversity" title="Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity">Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a> from 2021 to 2024. She has been co-leader of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Greens</a>, alongside <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Harvie" title="Patrick Harvie">Patrick Harvie</a>, since 2019, and was one of the first Green politicians in the UK to serve as government ministers. </p><p>Slater has been a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">Member of the Scottish Parliament</a> (MSP) for the <a href="/wiki/Lothian_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Lothian</a> region since <a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2021 Scottish Parliament election">2021</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_engineering_career">Early life and engineering career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorna_Slater&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and engineering career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lorna Slater was born in <a href="/wiki/Calgary" title="Calgary">Calgary</a> in the Canadian province of <a href="/wiki/Alberta" title="Alberta">Alberta</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-stv_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stv-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was educated at the <a href="/wiki/Western_Canada_High_School" title="Western Canada High School">Western Canada High School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1993 to 2000, she attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_British_Columbia" title="University of British Columbia">University of British Columbia</a> in <a href="/wiki/Vancouver" title="Vancouver">Vancouver</a>, where she gained a degree in <a href="/wiki/Electromechanical_engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Electromechanical engineering">electro-mechanical engineering design</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2000, a month after she was due to graduate, she purchased a one-way ticket to <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a> and planned to travel across Europe for two years, but ended up staying in Scotland.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After moving there, she worked as an engineer in the <a href="/wiki/Renewable_energy" title="Renewable energy">renewables sector</a>, then later as a project manager.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Holyrood_Euro_candidate_2017_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holyrood_Euro_candidate_2017-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, she was one of three women from Scotland awarded a place on the <a href="/wiki/Homeward_Bound_(expedition)" class="mw-redirect" title="Homeward Bound (expedition)">Homeward Bound</a> international leadership development programme and this included a trip to <a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a> the following year, where she studied the <a href="/wiki/Effects_of_climate_change" title="Effects of climate change">effects of climate change</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CommonSpace_leader_result_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CommonSpace_leader_result-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_political_career">Early political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorna_Slater&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Slater became politically involved following the <a href="/wiki/2014_Scottish_independence_referendum" title="2014 Scottish independence referendum">2014 Scottish independence referendum</a>, where she campaigned in favour of <a href="/wiki/Scottish_independence" title="Scottish independence">Scottish independence</a> and subsequently joined the Scottish Greens.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Slater has been an election candidate for the Scottish Greens several times. At the <a href="/wiki/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2016 Scottish Parliament election">2016 Scottish Parliament election</a>, the party named her third on the <a href="/wiki/Lothian_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Lothian</a> list,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while in <a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2017 general election</a>, she was one of only three candidates fielded by the Scottish Greens,<sup id="cite_ref-Holyrood_Euro_candidate_2017_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holyrood_Euro_candidate_2017-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> standing for <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_North_and_Leith_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh North and Leith</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2019, in a <a href="/wiki/City_of_Edinburgh_Council" title="City of Edinburgh Council">City of Edinburgh Council</a> by-election for the <a href="/wiki/Leith_Walk_(Edinburgh_ward)" class="mw-redirect" title="Leith Walk (Edinburgh ward)">Leith Walk</a> ward, she took a 25.5 per cent share of first preference votes, finishing second.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was co-convener of the Scottish Greens Operations Committee when she was named second on the list of the party's candidates for the <a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2019 European Parliament election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Co-leader_of_the_Scottish_Greens">Co-leader of the Scottish Greens</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorna_Slater&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Co-leader of the Scottish Greens"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Co-leadership_election_bid">Co-leadership election bid</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorna_Slater&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Co-leadership election bid"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Changes to the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Greens</a>' constitution meant the positions of co-conveners were abolished in favour of the newly established positions of co-leaders. In the run up to the <a href="/wiki/2019_Scottish_Greens_co-leadership_election" title="2019 Scottish Greens co-leadership election">2019 Scottish Greens co-leadership election</a>, Slater announced her candidacy via <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>. When announcing her candidacy, she stated that the party was ready for a "fresh new start." Upon winning, she said that she wanted to get more <a href="/wiki/Women_in_government" title="Women in government">women</a> and <a href="/wiki/Non-binary_gender" title="Non-binary gender">non-binary</a> people elected, and to gain more seats than ever before at the <a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2021 Scottish Parliament election">2021 Scottish Parliament election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CommonSpace_leader_result_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CommonSpace_leader_result-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 August 2019, the results were announced and Slater replaced <a href="/wiki/Maggie_Chapman" title="Maggie Chapman">Maggie Chapman</a> as the female co-leader (formerly co-convenor). She gained 30.2%, coming second place. She is serving alongside <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Harvie" title="Patrick Harvie">Patrick Harvie</a> for a two-year term.<sup id="cite_ref-CommonSpace_leader_result_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CommonSpace_leader_result-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As Slater was not a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">member of the Scottish Parliament</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alison_Johnstone" title="Alison Johnstone">Alison Johnstone</a> served as co-leader of the Scottish Greens within the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a>, until the <a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2021 Scottish Parliament election">2021 Scottish Parliament election</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2021_election_campaign">2021 election campaign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorna_Slater&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2021 election campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stop_Cambo_Rally_July_2021.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Stop_Cambo_Rally_July_2021.jpg/220px-Stop_Cambo_Rally_July_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Stop_Cambo_Rally_July_2021.jpg/330px-Stop_Cambo_Rally_July_2021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Stop_Cambo_Rally_July_2021.jpg/440px-Stop_Cambo_Rally_July_2021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Slater at Stop <a href="/wiki/North_Sea_oil" title="North Sea oil">Cambo</a> Rally, July 2021</figcaption></figure> <p>Slater became a prominent figure in the lead up to the Scottish parliamentary election, with her being featured in TV Debates and interviews. In the first televised debate on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Scotland" title="BBC Scotland">BBC Scotland</a>, Slater urged action on climate change, stating; "Science tells us we have less than 10 years before the climate breakdown goes past the point of no return. The time to act is now." She also reinstated how the Scottish Greens would support legislation on another referendum on <a href="/wiki/Scottish_independence" title="Scottish independence">Scottish independence</a> within the "next term of parliament".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2021 Scottish Parliament election">2021 election</a> to the <a href="/wiki/6th_Scottish_Parliament" title="6th Scottish Parliament">6th Scottish Parliament</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Greens</a> saw their best result ever. The party gained 8.1% of votes on the regional list, earning two additional seats. As the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> was one seat away from a majority, the Greens' gain in the election created a pro-independence majority. Slater predicted the Greens "will have more influence than ever".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament;_2021_to_present"><span id="Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament.3B_2021_to_present"></span>Member of the Scottish Parliament; 2021 to present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorna_Slater&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Member of the Scottish Parliament; 2021 to present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Lorna_Slater_MSP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Official_portrait_of_Lorna_Slater_MSP.jpg/149px-Official_portrait_of_Lorna_Slater_MSP.jpg" decoding="async" width="149" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Official_portrait_of_Lorna_Slater_MSP.jpg/224px-Official_portrait_of_Lorna_Slater_MSP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Official_portrait_of_Lorna_Slater_MSP.jpg/298px-Official_portrait_of_Lorna_Slater_MSP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption>Official parliamentary portrait, 2021</figcaption></figure><p>Slater stood as the Greens' candidate for the <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Northern_and_Leith_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Northern and Leith (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Northern and Leith constituency</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2021 Scottish Parliament election">2021 Scottish Parliament election</a>. She gained 13.1% of the votes, but failed to win the seat, coming third.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although Slater was unsuccessful in winning the constituency, she was second on the party list vote for the <a href="/wiki/Lothian_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Lothian region</a>, and was elected as an <a href="/wiki/Additional_member_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Additional member system">additional member</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Slater was a member of the Scottish Parliament's <a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Committees of the Scottish Parliament">Economy and Fair Work Committee</a><sup id="cite_ref-Lorna_Slater_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lorna_Slater-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as the Scottish Greens' Spokesperson on Economic Recovery and Green Industrial Strategy.<sup id="cite_ref-Lorna_Slater_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lorna_Slater-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Maiden_speech">Maiden speech</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorna_Slater&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Maiden speech"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lorna_Slater_delivering_her_maiden_speech_2021.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Lorna_Slater_delivering_her_maiden_speech_2021.jpg/220px-Lorna_Slater_delivering_her_maiden_speech_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Lorna_Slater_delivering_her_maiden_speech_2021.jpg/330px-Lorna_Slater_delivering_her_maiden_speech_2021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Lorna_Slater_delivering_her_maiden_speech_2021.jpg/440px-Lorna_Slater_delivering_her_maiden_speech_2021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1251" data-file-height="751" /></a><figcaption>Slater delivering her <a href="/wiki/Maiden_speech" title="Maiden speech">maiden speech</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a>, May 2021</figcaption></figure> <p>On 18 May 2021, Slater delivered her <a href="/wiki/Maiden_speech" title="Maiden speech">maiden speech</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a>. She called on all the parties to "work constructively and across party lines" to make transformative change. She also called on for the parliament to build a case for Scotland to leave the United Kingdom and believes the nation should vote again in another independence referendum.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>We can take many of these steps now, without waiting for independence. But completing the necessary transformation must also involve asking the people of Scotland to choose their own future and building the case for independence which is based on transformation, on building the Scotland we want to see. A fair and green Scotland that is in charge of its own destiny.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="COVID-19_rules_breach">COVID-19 rules breach</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorna_Slater&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: COVID-19 rules breach"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 10 June 2021, a picture was shared on social media which showed Slater and other members of the Greens, including co-leader <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Harvie" title="Patrick Harvie">Patrick Harvie</a> and MSP for <a href="/wiki/West_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">West Scotland</a> <a href="/wiki/Ross_Greer" title="Ross Greer">Ross Greer</a>, breaching <a href="/wiki/Social_distancing" title="Social distancing">social distancing</a> measures. At the time only three households were allowed meet indoors. However, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Scottish_Sun" class="mw-redirect" title="The Scottish Sun">The Scottish Sun</a></i> reported that Slater, Harvie, Greer and another Green Party member were pictured at a bar in Edinburgh. Slater responded, "This was an honest mistake, we're kicking ourselves and we apologise unreservedly".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Scottish_Greens_to_enter_government_(51413697264).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Scottish_Greens_to_enter_government_%2851413697264%29.jpg/219px-Scottish_Greens_to_enter_government_%2851413697264%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="219" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Scottish_Greens_to_enter_government_%2851413697264%29.jpg/329px-Scottish_Greens_to_enter_government_%2851413697264%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Scottish_Greens_to_enter_government_%2851413697264%29.jpg/438px-Scottish_Greens_to_enter_government_%2851413697264%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7195" data-file-height="5868" /></a><figcaption>(From left to right) <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Harvie" title="Patrick Harvie">Patrick Harvie</a>; <a href="/wiki/Nicola_Sturgeon" title="Nicola Sturgeon">Nicola Sturgeon</a> and Slater outside Bute House following the SNP-Greens co-operation agreement, 2021</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bute_House_Agreement">Bute House Agreement</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorna_Slater&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Bute House Agreement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 2021 after weeks of talks, she was at Bute House with co-leader <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Harvie" title="Patrick Harvie">Patrick Harvie</a> and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to announce a <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party%E2%80%93Scottish_Greens_agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish National Party–Scottish Greens agreement">power-sharing agreement</a> that would see the Green party in government for the first time in the United Kingdom. There was no agreement on oil and gas exploration. As part of the agreement the Green Party would have two ministers in government.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Junior_minister;_2021_–_2024"><span id="Junior_minister.3B_2021_.E2.80.93_2024"></span>Junior minister; 2021 – 2024</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorna_Slater&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Junior minister; 2021 – 2024"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 30 August 2021, Slater was appointed as a junior minister in the Scottish Government as <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Green_Skills,_Circular_Economy_and_Biodiversity" title="Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity">Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity</a>. She and Harvie are the first Green Party politicians in both Scottish and UK political history to serve in government.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She was re-appointed as a minister after Green MSPs supported the nomination of <a href="/wiki/Humza_Yousaf" title="Humza Yousaf">Humza Yousaf</a> as First Minister.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Slater joined First Minister Humza Yousaf and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Independence" title="Minister for Independence">Minister for Independence</a> <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Hepburn" title="Jamie Hepburn">Jamie Hepburn</a> to launch the Scottish government's proposal for how citizenship would work in an independent Scotland in July 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cabinet_meeting_in_Haddington.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Cabinet_meeting_in_Haddington.jpg/269px-Cabinet_meeting_in_Haddington.jpg" decoding="async" width="269" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Cabinet_meeting_in_Haddington.jpg/404px-Cabinet_meeting_in_Haddington.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Cabinet_meeting_in_Haddington.jpg/538px-Cabinet_meeting_in_Haddington.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3404" data-file-height="1828" /></a><figcaption>Slater (second from top left), at the Scottish Cabinet meeting in <a href="/wiki/Haddington,_East_Lothian" title="Haddington, East Lothian">Haddington</a>, December 2023</figcaption></figure> <p>In December 2023, she joined the Traveling Cabinet in <a href="/wiki/Haddington,_East_Lothian" title="Haddington, East Lothian">Haddington, East Lothian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She then took part in a question and answer session with local residents with the Scottish Cabinet. It has been reported she attended that Cabinet meeting and other emergency Cabinet meetings as part of efforts to finalize the Scottish budget and get agreement between the Greens and SNP.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Deposit_Return_Scheme">Deposit Return Scheme</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorna_Slater&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Deposit Return Scheme"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Deposit_return_scheme_(Scotland)" title="Deposit return scheme (Scotland)">Deposit return scheme (Scotland)</a></div> <p>In November 2021 Slater announced that a flagship recycling scheme for drinks containers had been delayed yet again. Although prior to her election Slater had told voters the scheme "needs doing", in government she said it was proving too tricky. Greenpeace said such, "a shambolic delay to the long awaited deposit return scheme is embarrassing for a government which loves to shout about its green credentials."<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Scotland%27s_Deposit_Return_Scheme_stakeholder_meeting_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="In a Scottish Parliament Committee room, Slater and Yousaf meet sit at a large table of business representatives, with screens flanking them with virtual attendees." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Scotland%27s_Deposit_Return_Scheme_stakeholder_meeting_%28cropped%29.jpg/260px-Scotland%27s_Deposit_Return_Scheme_stakeholder_meeting_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Scotland%27s_Deposit_Return_Scheme_stakeholder_meeting_%28cropped%29.jpg/390px-Scotland%27s_Deposit_Return_Scheme_stakeholder_meeting_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Scotland%27s_Deposit_Return_Scheme_stakeholder_meeting_%28cropped%29.jpg/520px-Scotland%27s_Deposit_Return_Scheme_stakeholder_meeting_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6675" data-file-height="3173" /></a><figcaption>Slater and <a href="/wiki/Humza_Yousaf" title="Humza Yousaf">Humza Yousaf</a> meeting business stakeholders in Scotland's Deposit Return Scheme, April 2023</figcaption></figure> <p>On 18 April 2023, the First Minister, <a href="/wiki/Humza_Yousaf" title="Humza Yousaf">Humza Yousaf</a> announced the scheme would be delayed until March 2024, while the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a> awaited an exemption for the scheme from the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Internal_Market_Act_2020" title="United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020">United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequently, after the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">UK Government</a> decision to provide a partial exemption from the Act, Slater announced that the scheme would be delayed "until October 2025 at the earliest" and said that the UK Government "sadly seemed so far more intent on sabotaging this parliament than protecting our environment."<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Circularity Scotland, the body set up to deliver the scheme said it was "disappointed" by Slater's decision.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After delaying the scheme, she was subject to a <a href="/wiki/Motion_of_no_confidence" title="Motion of no confidence">vote of no confidence</a> in Parliament, with the Conservatives accusing Slater of being "out of her depth".<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the No Confidence debate, Humza Yousaf described the motion as a 'stunt' to distract from the report on <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a>, a perspective shared by Slater herself, who had earlier called the motion "a shameless political stunt."<sup id="cite_ref-:3_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The motion was defeated by 68 votes to 55 resulting in Slater surviving the vote and remaining as a junior minister.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Biodiversity">Biodiversity</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorna_Slater&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Biodiversity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New_legal_targets_proposed_for_nature_recovery_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Lorna Slater and representatives from NatureScot and Friends of Saughton Park walk in a park" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/New_legal_targets_proposed_for_nature_recovery_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-New_legal_targets_proposed_for_nature_recovery_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/New_legal_targets_proposed_for_nature_recovery_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-New_legal_targets_proposed_for_nature_recovery_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/New_legal_targets_proposed_for_nature_recovery_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-New_legal_targets_proposed_for_nature_recovery_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7272" data-file-height="5069" /></a><figcaption>Slater, with representatives from <a href="/wiki/NatureScot" title="NatureScot">NatureScot</a> and Friends of Saughton Park, launching a biodiversity consultation, September 2023</figcaption></figure> <p>Slater launched a consultation on the Scottish Government's <a href="/wiki/Biodiversity" title="Biodiversity">biodiversity</a> framework in September 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Part of it, the biodiversity strategy had previously been delayed to allow for further development, which led to criticism from the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Scottish Conservatives</a><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It proposes to halt the decline of biodiversity and create a “nature-positive” Scotland by 2030.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> Marine conversation campaigners had criticised the strategy as a "paper exercise in delay".<sup id="cite_ref-:4_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Slater disagreed, calling the criticism a "disappointing portrayal …[that] we neither recognise nor accept."<sup id="cite_ref-:4_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Building_a_New_Scotland-_citizenship_in_an_independent_Scotland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A group of people including the First Minister, Minister for Independence and Minister for Green Skills, Circular Circular Economy and Biodiversity hold 'Building A New Scotland' papers at its launch." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Building_a_New_Scotland-_citizenship_in_an_independent_Scotland.jpg/220px-Building_a_New_Scotland-_citizenship_in_an_independent_Scotland.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Building_a_New_Scotland-_citizenship_in_an_independent_Scotland.jpg/330px-Building_a_New_Scotland-_citizenship_in_an_independent_Scotland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Building_a_New_Scotland-_citizenship_in_an_independent_Scotland.jpg/440px-Building_a_New_Scotland-_citizenship_in_an_independent_Scotland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6309" data-file-height="4507" /></a><figcaption>Slater with <a href="/wiki/Humza_Yousaf" title="Humza Yousaf">Humza Yousaf</a> and others at the launch of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a>'s plan for <a href="/wiki/Citizenship" title="Citizenship">citizenship</a> in an independent Scotland, July 2023</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="National_Parks">National Parks</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorna_Slater&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: National Parks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2021 Scottish Parliament election">2021 Scottish Parliament election</a> campaign, Slater's fellow co-leader, <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Harvie" title="Patrick Harvie">Patrick Harvie</a> proposed two new national parks for Scotland. After the election, she gained the ministerial portfolio for national parks, and outlined the process for selecting one or more new national parks.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2023, Slater reaffirmed the promise to create at least two new national parks.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Circular_Economy">Circular Economy</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorna_Slater&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Circular Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Circular_economy" title="Circular economy">Circular Economy</a> Bill was introduced to the Scottish Parliament by Slater in June 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Slater argues the bill targets “lazy, anti-social behaviour” and the country's growing “throw away culture” by introducing further regulation on waste disposal.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Slater's proposals were welcomed by <a href="/wiki/Friends_of_the_Earth_Scotland" title="Friends of the Earth Scotland">Friends of the Earth Scotland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Bill is currently undergoing stage one scrutiny by the <a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Committees of the Scottish Parliament">Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee</a> who criticised the "entirely unrealistic" costings that accompany the bill.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> Slater was criticised for avoiding questions from MSPs about the Bill by some commentators.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some campaigners have advocated for the Slater to go further, and include provision for education about the circular economy.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorna_Slater&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Slater is autistic, and has often discussed its effect on her life and work.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The website <a href="/wiki/Medium_(website)" title="Medium (website)">Medium</a> describes Slater as a <a href="/wiki/Gay_icon" title="Gay icon">queer icon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She is also a hobby <a href="/wiki/Acrobatics#Aerial" title="Acrobatics">aerialist</a><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and previously had a pet <a href="/wiki/Bearded_dragon" class="mw-redirect" title="Bearded dragon">bearded dragon</a> called Bellamy, named after <a href="/wiki/David_Bellamy" title="David Bellamy">David Bellamy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorna_Slater&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Although, it would have been a comfort to me as a child to be able to discuss"</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tweet_(social_media)" title="Tweet (social media)">Tweet</a>)<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/lorna-slater">Lorna Slater</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://greens.scot/team/lorna-slater-0">Lorna Slater's profile page</a> on the Scottish Greens' official website</li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Chapman" title="Maggie Chapman">Maggie Chapman</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Co-leader of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Greens</a> </b><br />2019 – present <br />With: <b> <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Harvie" title="Patrick Harvie">Patrick Harvie</a> </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" 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href="/wiki/Alison_Johnstone" title="Alison Johnstone">Johnstone</a>/<a href="/wiki/Robin_Harper" title="Robin Harper">Harper</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2007–2008)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Scott" title="Eleanor Scott">Scott</a>/<a href="/wiki/Patrick_Harvie" title="Patrick Harvie">Harvie</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2008–2011)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha_Wardrop" title="Martha Wardrop">Wardrop</a>/<a href="/wiki/Patrick_Harvie" title="Patrick Harvie">Harvie</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2011–2013)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Chapman" title="Maggie Chapman">Chapman</a>/<a href="/wiki/Patrick_Harvie" title="Patrick Harvie">Harvie</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2013–2019)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#00B140;color:white;">Co-Leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Slater</a>/<a href="/wiki/Patrick_Harvie" title="Patrick Harvie">Harvie</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2019–present)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#00B140;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/3rd_Sturgeon_government" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Sturgeon government"><span style="color:white;">Ministers</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Harvie" title="Patrick Harvie">Patrick Harvie</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lorna Slater</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#00B140;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_6th_Scottish_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Members of the 6th Scottish Parliament"><span style="color:white;">MSP 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title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Davey" title="Ed Davey">Ed Davey</a> (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Flynn" title="Stephen Flynn">Stephen Flynn</a> (<a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Robinson" title="Gavin Robinson">Gavin Robinson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a> (<a href="/wiki/Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carla_Denyer" title="Carla Denyer">Carla Denyer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Ramsay" title="Adrian Ramsay">Adrian Ramsay</a> (<a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green Party of England and Wales</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Liz_Saville_Roberts" title="Liz Saville Roberts">Liz Saville Roberts</a> (<a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Claire_Hanna" title="Claire Hanna">Claire Hanna</a> (<a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">Social Democratic and Labour Party</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sorcha_Eastwood" title="Sorcha Eastwood">Sorcha Eastwood</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance Party of Northern Ireland</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Allister" title="Jim Allister">Jim Allister</a> (<a href="/wiki/Traditional_Unionist_Voice" title="Traditional Unionist Voice">Traditional Unionist Voice</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robin_Swann" title="Robin Swann">Robin Swann</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist Party</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Angela_Smith,_Baroness_Smith_of_Basildon" title="Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon">Baroness Smith of Basildon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_True,_Baron_True" title="Nicholas True, Baron True">Lord True</a> (<a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Newby,_Baron_Newby" title="Richard Newby, Baron Newby">Lord Newby</a> (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Dodds" title="Nigel Dodds">Lord Dodds of Duncairn</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Rogan,_Baron_Rogan" title="Dennis Rogan, Baron Rogan">Lord Rogan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist Party</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Wigley" title="Dafydd Wigley">Lord Wigley</a> (<a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a 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title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Greens</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Cole-Hamilton" title="Alex Cole-Hamilton">Alex Cole-Hamilton</a> (<a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Scottish Liberal Democrats</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Baroness_Morgan_of_Ely" class="mw-redirect" title="Baroness Morgan of Ely">Baroness Morgan of Ely</a> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Welsh Labour</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_RT_Davies" title="Andrew RT Davies">Andrew RT Davies</a> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Welsh Conservatives</a>)</span></li> 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Little-Pengelly</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Naomi_Long" title="Naomi Long">Naomi Long</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance Party of Northern Ireland</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Nesbitt" title="Mike Nesbitt">Mike Nesbitt</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist Party</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Matthew_O%27Toole" title="Matthew O'Toole">Matthew O'Toole</a> (<a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">Social Democratic and Labour Party</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;">Minor parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even 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of Britain">Workers Party of Britain</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Neil Johnston (<a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Conservatives" title="Northern Ireland Conservatives">NI Conservatives</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russell_Watton" title="Russell Watton">Russell Watton</a> (<a href="/wiki/Progressive_Unionist_Party" title="Progressive Unionist Party">Progressive Unionist</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Griffiths_(politician)" title="Robert Griffiths (politician)">Robert Griffiths</a> (<a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Britain" title="Communist Party of Britain">Communist Party of Britain</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dave_Nellist" title="Dave Nellist">Dave Nellist</a> (<a href="/wiki/Trade_Unionist_and_Socialist_Coalition" title="Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition">TUSC</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nick_Tenconi" title="Nick Tenconi">Nick Tenconi</a> (<a 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MSPs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Constance" title="Angela Constance">Angela Constance</a> (SNP, <a href="/wiki/Almond_Valley_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Almond Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Almond Valley</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angus_Robertson" title="Angus Robertson">Angus Robertson</a> (SNP, <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Central_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Central</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ash_Regan" title="Ash Regan">Ash Regan</a> (Alba, <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Eastern_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Eastern (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Eastern</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Macpherson_(politician)" title="Ben Macpherson (politician)">Ben Macpherson</a> (SNP, <a 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constituency)">Edinburgh Western</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiona_Hyslop" title="Fiona Hyslop">Fiona Hyslop</a> (SNP, <a href="/wiki/Linlithgow_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Linlithgow (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Linlithgow</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Beattie" title="Colin Beattie">Colin Beattie</a> (SNP, <a href="/wiki/Midlothian_North_and_Musselburgh_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Midlothian North and Musselburgh (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Midlothian North and Musselburgh</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/6th_Scottish_Parliament" title="6th Scottish Parliament">Additional members</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Balfour" title="Jeremy Balfour">Jeremy Balfour</a> (Con)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Boyack" title="Sarah Boyack">Sarah Boyack</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Briggs" title="Miles Briggs">Miles Briggs</a> (Con)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foysol_Choudhury" title="Foysol Choudhury">Foysol Choudhury</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alison_Johnstone" title="Alison Johnstone">Alison Johnstone</a> (Green)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lorna Slater</a> (Green)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sue_Webber" title="Sue Webber">Sue Webber</a> (Con)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><small><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> (6 seats), <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a> (3 seats), <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> (3 seats), <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Greens</a> (2 seats), <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> (1 seat), <a href="/wiki/Alba_Party" 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