Angus Robertson represents Moray
Constituency as a Scottish National
Party (SNP) MP in the Westminster
Parliament. He is the Scottish Shadow
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Westminster
SNP spokesman on Defence and Europe.
Angus is Scotland’s youngest
MP and was rated Scotland’s
‘hardest working MP’ according
to House of Commons statistics during
the first parliamentary session. Before
his election in June 2001 he was the
European and International Affairs
Adviser to the SNP group in the Scottish
Parliament.
Prior to that, he worked as a foreign
and diplomatic correspondent in central
Europe for the BBC, Austrian Radio
and other leading broadcasters. Angus
was born in London and brought up
in Edinburgh where he received both
his Primary and High School education.
After leaving Broughton High School
Angus completed a MA Honours in Politics
and International Relations at Aberdeen
University before embarking on his
journalistic career. He lives in Moray.
Angus’ main political interests
are Scottish independence, International
and European Affairs, defence, whisky,
oil, fishing, sustainable development
and youth issues.
He is a member of the European Scrutiny
Committee, Vice-Chairman of the All
Party Whisky Group, Vice-Chairman
of the All Party Offshore Oil and
Gas Group, member of the All Party
Fisheries Group and participant in
the Parliamentary Armed Forces Scheme. Angus recently became
the SNP Leader in Westminster following Alex Salmond's election as First Minister for Scotland
