Angus Robertson

The Right Honourable Angus Robertson MSP
Official portrait, 2024
Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 May 2021
First Minister	Nicola Sturgeon Humza Yousaf John Swinney
Preceded by	Mike Russell (Constitution and External Affairs) Fiona Hyslop (Culture)
Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party
In office 13 October 2016 – 3 February 2018
Leader	Nicola Sturgeon
Preceded by	Stewart Hosie
Succeeded by	Keith Brown
Leader of the Scottish National Party in the House of Commons
In office 23 May 2007 – 3 May 2017
Deputy	Stewart Hosie
Leader	Alex Salmond Nicola Sturgeon
Preceded by	Alex Salmond
Succeeded by	Ian Blackford
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh Central
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2021
Preceded by	Ruth Davidson
Majority	4,732 (11.3%)
Member of Parliament for Moray
In office 7 June 2001 – 3 May 2017
Preceded by	Margaret Ewing
Succeeded by	Douglas Ross
Scottish National Party portfolios
2001–2015	Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
2001–2015	Defence
Personal details
Born	Angus Struan Carolus Robertson (1969-09-28) 28 September 1969 (age 54) London, England
Political party	Scottish National Party
Spouses	Carron Anderson ​ (div. 2015)​ Jennifer Dempsie ​ (m. 2016)​
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Aberdeen
Signature
Website	Official website

Angus Struan Carolus Robertson (born 28 September 1969) is a Scottish politician serving as the Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture since 2021. Formerly Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 2016 to 2018, he has served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Edinburgh Central since 2021. Robertson previously served as a Westminster MP for Moray from 2001 to 2017, where he served from 2007 to 2017 as the Leader of the SNP in the House of Commons.

A graduate of the University of Aberdeen, Robertson previously worked as a journalist. He was first elected to the House of Commons in 2001. In 2017, he sought re-election as the MP for Moray and lost to the Scottish Conservative candidate, Douglas Ross.^[1] He was succeeded as SNP Westminster Leader by Ian Blackford.

Robertson resigned as SNP Depute Leader in February 2018, before launching the pro-independence think tank Progress Scotland in 2019, alongside Mark Diffley.^[2] In the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, Robertson was elected to the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh Central.