Susan Deacon

Susan Deacon
Official portrait, 1999
Chair of the Scottish Police Authority
In office
4 December 2017 – 5 December 2019
Preceded byAndrew Flanagan
Succeeded byDavid Crichton (interim)
Minister for Health and Community Care
In office
19 May 1999 – 28 November 2001
First MinisterDonald Dewar
Henry McLeish
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byMalcolm Chisholm
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
In office
6 May 1999 – 2 April 2007
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byKenny MacAskill
Personal details
Born
Susan Catherine Deacon[1]

(1964-02-02) 2 February 1964 (age 60)
Musselburgh, Scotland
Political partyLabour
Domestic partnerJohn Boothman
Children2
ResidenceEast Lothian
Alma materUniversity 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.

  1. ^ "New Year's Honours list 2017" (PDF). Gov.uk. Government Digital Service. 30 December 2016. p. 14. Retrieved 30 December 2016.