Susan Deacon

Susan Deacon CBE
Official portrait, 1999
Chair of the Scottish Police Authority
In office 4 December 2017 – 5 December 2019
Preceded by	Andrew Flanagan
Succeeded by	David Crichton (interim)
Minister for Health and Community Care
In office 19 May 1999 – 28 November 2001
First Minister	Donald Dewar Henry McLeish
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Malcolm Chisholm
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
In office 6 May 1999 – 2 April 2007
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Kenny MacAskill
Personal details
Born	Susan Catherine Deacon[1] (1964-02-02) 2 February 1964 (age 60) Musselburgh, Scotland
Political party	Labour
Domestic partner	John Boothman
Children	2
Residence	East Lothian
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh

Susan Catherine Deacon CBE (born 2 February 1964) is a Scottish business executive, advisor and former politician who served as Chair of the Scottish Police Authority from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Scottish Labour Party, she served as the first Minister for Health and Community Care in the Scottish Executive under first ministers Donald Dewar and Henry McLeish from 1999 to 2001.

She was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Edinburgh East & Musselburgh from 1999 to 2007. She was Assistant Principal External Relations at the University of Edinburgh from 2012 to 2018 and has been a non-executive director of several companies. She was the first female Chair of the Institute of Directors from 2015 to 18.