Derek Mackay

Derek Mackay
Official portrait, 2018
Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work
In office 26 June 2018 – 6 February 2020
First Minister	Nicola Sturgeon
Deputy	Kate Forbes
Preceded by	Himself (Finance) Keith Brown (Economy, Jobs and Fair Work)
Succeeded by	Kate Forbes (Finance) Fiona Hyslop (Economy, Fair Work and Culture)
Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution
In office 18 May 2016 – 26 June 2018
First Minister	Nicola Sturgeon
Preceded by	John Swinney
Succeeded by	Himself (Finance) Michael Russell (Constitution)
Junior ministerial offices Minister for Transport and Islands In office 21 November 2014 – 18 May 2016 First Minister Nicola Sturgeon Preceded by Keith Brown Succeeded by Humza Yousaf Minister for Local Government and Planning In office 7 December 2011 – 21 November 2014 First Minister Alex Salmond Preceded by Aileen Campbell Succeeded by Marco Biagi
Further offices held Chairman and Business Convener of the Scottish National Party In office 18 June 2011 – October 2018 Leader Alex Salmond Nicola Sturgeon Preceded by Bruce Crawford Succeeded by Kirsten Oswald Member of the Scottish Parliament for Renfrewshire North and West In office 5 May 2011 – 5 May 2021 Preceded by Constituency established Succeeded by Natalie Don
Personal details
Born	Derek John Mackay 1977 Paisley, Scotland
Political party	Independent (from 2020) SNP (until 2020)[1]
Children	2
Residence	Bishopton, Renfrewshire

Derek Mackay (born 1977)^[2] is a former Scottish politician who served as Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work from 2016 to 2020. A former member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he was Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Renfrewshire North and West from 2011 to 2021. Mackay served as a government minister from 2011 to 2020 under the administrations of Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon.

Raised in Renfrewshire, he was elected to Renfrewshire Council in 1999 and was Leader of the Council from 2007 to 2011. Elected to the Scottish Parliament at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, he served as Minister for Transport and Islands from 2011 to 2014 and Minister for Local Government and Planning from 2014 to 2016, as well as Chairman and Business Convener of the Scottish National Party from 2011 to 2018.

Mackay became Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution in 2016, succeeding Deputy First Minister John Swinney. In 2018, during a Cabinet reshuffle, Mackay's post was enlarged, absorbing the responsibilities of the previous role of Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work to become Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work. In February 2020, he resigned as Finance Secretary after the Scottish Sun reported he had messaged a 16-year-old boy on social media, describing the boy as "cute" and offering to meet with him. He was also suspended from the SNP and sat as an independent MSP for the remainder of the 2016 parliamentary term, which ended on 25 March 2021.