Scottish Blog

Douglas Alexander is the recent Secretary of State for Scotland and is currently the Secretary of State for International Development.

Douglas Alexander was born on the 26th of October 1967 in Glasgow. His father Douglas N. Alexander was both a minister in the Church of Scotland and a doctor. Douglas Alexander received his education in prestigious schools, dominantly in the Renfrewshire. He received a scholarship in 1984 to attend Lester B. Pearson College in British Columbia. Upon completing his degree he attended the University of Edinburgh. In 1988 he won a further scholarship which allowed him to attend the University of Pennsylvania.

Whilst in America Douglas Alexander began his political career by working for Michael Dukakis in his 1998 presidential campaign and for a Democratic Senator while in Washington D.C. He also worked as a speech-writer and a parliamentary researcher during his employment at Shadow Trade and Industry.

Douglas Alexander came into the position as the Secretary of State of Scotland on the 6th of May 2006, he continued in this position until 27 of June 2007. The next day, on the 28th of June he became the Secretary of State for International Development.

In his personal life, Douglass Alexander has two children and he is married to Jacqueline Christian.

See also: Famous Scots.