MINISTER FOR VETERANS (SCOTLAND)

Minister for Veterans
Minister for Veterans
Scottish Gaelic: Ministear airson Seann Shaighdearan
	Incumbent; Graeme Dey; since 29 March 2023
Style	Minister ; (within parliament) ; Veterans Minister ; (informal) ; Scottish Veterans Minister ; (outwith Scotland)
Member of	Scottish Parliament; Scottish Government;
Reports to	Scottish Parliament
Seat	Edinburgh
Appointer	First Minister
Inaugural holder	Graeme Dey ; Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans
Formation	27 June 2018
Salary	£106,185 per annum (2024); (including £72,196 MSP salary)
Website	www.gov.scot

The Minister for Veterans is a junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government. As a result, the Minister does not attend^[2] the Scottish Cabinet. The post was created in March 2023 after the appointment of the Humza Yousaf as First Minister of Scotland.

Ministers

Name		Portrait	Entered Office	Left Office	Party	First Minister
Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans
	Graeme Dey		27 June 2018	20 May 2021	Scottish National Party	Nicola Sturgeon
Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans
Name		Portrait	Entered Office	Left Office	Party	First Minister
	Keith Brown		20 May 2021	29 March 2023	Scottish National Party	Nicola Sturgeon
Minister for Veterans
Name		Portrait	Entered Office	Left Office	Party	First Minister
	Graeme Dey^[3]		29 March 2023	Incumbent	Scottish National Party	Humza Yousaf John Swinney

^ "MSP salaries". parliament.scot. The Scottish Parliament. 10 May 2024.
^ Scotland Act (1998), Only those appointed under Section 47 of the Scotland Act "attend" Cabinet. Junior ministers are appointed under Section 49 and may be "present".
^ Paton, Craig. "Yousaf says SNP is 'united' as he appoints supporters to his first Cabinet". Evening Standard. Retrieved 30 March 2023.

v t e Scottish Junior Ministers
Swinney government
Tom Arthur ( Employment and Investment) Siobhian Brown ( Victims and Community Safety) Graeme Dey ( Higher and Further Education; and Veterans) Natalie Don ( Children, Young People and The Promise) Jim Fairlie ( Agriculture and Connectivity) Jamie Hepburn ( Parliamentary Business) Richard Lochhead ( Business) Gillian Martin ( Climate Action) Ivan McKee ( Public Finance) Christina McKelvie ( Drugs and Alcohol Policy) Paul McLennan ( Housing) Jenni Minto ( Public Health and Women's Health) Kaukab Stewart ( Equalities) Maree Todd ( Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport)
Category Politics of Scotland

v t e Scottish Junior Ministers
Swinney government
Tom Arthur ( Employment and Investment) Siobhian Brown ( Victims and Community Safety) Graeme Dey ( Higher and Further Education; and Veterans) Natalie Don ( Children, Young People and The Promise) Jim Fairlie ( Agriculture and Connectivity) Jamie Hepburn ( Parliamentary Business) Richard Lochhead ( Business) Gillian Martin ( Climate Action) Ivan McKee ( Public Finance) Christina McKelvie ( Drugs and Alcohol Policy) Paul McLennan ( Housing) Jenni Minto ( Public Health and Women's Health) Kaukab Stewart ( Equalities) Maree Todd ( Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport)
Category Politics of Scotland

Minister for Veterans
Scottish Gaelic: Ministear airson Seann Shaighdearan

Incumbent Graeme Dey since 29 March 2023
Style	Minister (within parliament) Veterans Minister (informal) Scottish Veterans Minister (outwith Scotland)
Member of	Scottish Parliament Scottish Government
Reports to	Scottish Parliament
Seat	Edinburgh
Appointer	First Minister
Inaugural holder	Graeme Dey Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans
Formation	27 June 2018
Salary	£106,185 per annum (2024)^[1] (including £72,196 MSP salary)
Website	www.gov.scot