Donald Dewar

Donald Dewar

Born

August 21, 1937

Died

October 11, 2000 (63 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Donald Campbell Dewar was a Scottish politician, the inaugural First Minister of Scotland and an advocate of Scottish devolution. Dewar first entered politics in the early 1960s, and was elected as the Labour Member of Parliament for Aberdeen South following the 1966 general election.