Fergus Ewing

Fergus Ewing
Official portrait, 2021
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Tourism[a]
In office
18 May 2016 – 20 May 2021
First MinisterNicola Sturgeon
Preceded byRichard Lochhead
Succeeded byMairi Gougeon
Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism
In office
20 May 2011 – 18 May 2016
First MinisterAlex Salmond
Nicola Sturgeon
Preceded byJim Mather
Succeeded byPaul Wheelhouse
Minister for Community Safety
In office
17 May 2007 – 20 May 2011
First MinisterAlex Salmond
Preceded byJohann Lamont
Succeeded byRoseanna Cunningham
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Inverness and Nairn
Assumed office
3 May 1999
Preceded byParliament re-established
Majority9,114 (20.0%)
Personal details
Born (1957-09-23) 23 September 1957 (age 67)
Glasgow, Scotland
Political partyScottish National Party (suspended for one week on 27 February 2024)
Spouse
(m. 1983; died 2006)
ParentWinnie Ewing
RelativesAnnabelle Ewing (sister)
EducationLoretto School, Edinburgh
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow

Fergus Stewart Ewing (born 23 September 1957) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as the Scottish Government's Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Tourism from 2016 to 2021,[a] having previously held two junior ministerial posts. He has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) since 1999, representing Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber until 2011, and then its successor seat Inverness and Nairn.
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