Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans
Graeme Dey was appointed Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans in September 2025.
Responsibilities
Supports the First Minister.
Specific responsibilities are:
- Boundaries Scotland
- Freedom Of Information (FOI)
- Government and parliamentary business
- Government statistics
- local government elections
- Office of the Chief Researcher
- open government and Citizens' Assemblies
- Scottish Parliamentary elections
- veterans' support
Biography
Graeme Dey is MSP for Angus South constituency.
He was born and raised in Aberdeen. After graduating, he pursued a career in journalism - working for the Dundee Courier as a sports journalist. He is married with two grown up children.
Previous ministerial roles have included the portfolios of:
- higher and further education and veterans (2024 to 2025)
- transport from (2021 to 2022)
- parliamentary business and veterans from (2018 to 2021)
Read more about Graeme Dey on the Scottish Parliament website.