Brian Wilson (Labour politician)

Brian Wilson
Minister of State for Industry and Energy
In office
11 June 2001 – 13 June 2003
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byPeter Hain
Succeeded byJacqui Smith
Minister of State for Africa
In office
24 January 2001 – 11 June 2001
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byPeter Hain
Succeeded byThe Lord Malloch-Brown (2007)
Minister of State for Scotland
In office
29 July 1999 – 24 January 2001
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byHelen Liddell
Succeeded byGeorge Foulkes
In office
5 May 1997 – 28 July 1998
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byJames Douglas-Hamilton
Succeeded byHelen Liddell
Minister of State for Trade
In office
28 July 1998 – 28 July 1999
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byThe Lord Clinton-Davis
Succeeded byRichard Caborn
Member of Parliament
for Cunninghame North
In office
12 June 1987 – 11 April 2005
Preceded byJohn Corrie
Succeeded byKaty Clark (North Ayrshire & Arran)
Personal details
Born
Brian David Henderson Wilson

(1948-12-13) 13 December 1948 (age 75)
Dunoon, Scotland
Political partyLabour
Alma materUniversity of Dundee, Cardiff University

Brian David Henderson Wilson[1] CBE (born 13 December 1948) is a former Scottish Labour Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Cunninghame North from 1987 until 2005 and served as a minister of state from 1997 to 2003.

After standing down as a minister prior to his departure from Parliament, he was asked by Tony Blair to act as the Prime Minister's Special Representative on Overseas Trade. Having continued to take an interest in trade promotion, he was appointed to the newly re-established UK Board of Trade in 2017. He is also chairman of Harris Tweed Hebrides, a director of Celtic Football Club and visiting professor at the University of Strathclyde.

  1. ^ "Wilson, Rt Hon. Brian David Henderson, (Born 13 Dec. 1948), PC 2003; UK Business Ambassador, since 2012; Chairman, Harris Tweed Hebrides, since 2007; Adviser, UK Board of Trade, since 2017 | Who's WHO & WHO WAS WHO".