Ian Lang, Secretary of State for Scotland ( 1990- 1995)*# Michael Forsyth, Secretary of State for Scotland ( 1995- 1997)
George Younger, Secretary of State for Scotland ( 1979- 1986)
The senior minister of the UK government dealing with Scottish matter. Prior to devolution, the Secretary of State was the political head of The Scottish Office, and is now head of the Scotland Office. The Secretary of State for Scotland has, since the 1920s, been a member of the UK Cabinet
Malcolm Rifkind, Secretary of State for Scotland ( 1986- 1990)
Michael Forsyth, Secretary of State for Scotland ( 1995- 1997)*# Donald Dewar, Secretary of State for Scotland ( 1997- 1999)
Alistair Darling, Secretary of State for Scotland (from 2003)
The Secretary of State for Scotland (Rùnaire Stà ite na h-Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is the chief minister in the government of the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Scotland, at the head of the Scotland Office (formerly The Scottish Office). The post was created soon after the Union of the Crowns, but was abolished in 1746, following the Jacobite rebellion. Scottish affairs thereafter were managed by the Lord Advocate until 1827, when responsibility passed to the Home Office.
