Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning

The Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning was a cabinet position in the Scottish Executive. The position was first created in the 1999 as part of the Dewar government and continued into the McLeish cabinet. Following the election of Jack McConnell as First Minister in 2001 transportation was added to the portfolio in his first cabinet and then subsequently removed in his second. Following the election of the SNP government under Alex Salmond the responsibility of the post was divided, with Enterprise portfolio given to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth and lifelong learning to the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning.

List of office holders

	Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party

1.	Henry McLeish	19 May 1999	26 October 2000	Labour Party
2.	Wendy Alexander	1 November 2000	28 November 2001	Labour Party

3.	Wendy Alexander	28 November 2001	3 May 2002	Labour Party
4.	Iain Gray	28 November 2001	1 May 2003	Labour Party

	Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
5.	Jim Wallace	21 May 2003	27 June 2005	Liberal Democrats
6.	Nicol Stephen	27 June 2005	17 May 2007	Liberal Democrats