Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation

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The Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation is a Junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government. As a result, the Minister does not attend the Scottish Cabinet.^[1] The post was created in June 2018,and supports the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work who is full member of cabinet.^[2] The Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation has specific responsibility for:^[2]

Trade and inward investment
Innovation and increasing productivity
Internationalisation and European Structural Funds
Financial services
Life sciences
Low Carbon Economy

List of office holders

The current Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation is Ivan McKee.^[2]

Name		Portrait	Entered Office	Left Office	Party	First Minister
Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation
	Ivan McKee	File:IvanMcKeeMSP-May2016.jpg	27 June 2018	Incumbent	Scottish National Party	Nicola Sturgeon

References

↑ 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".
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation". Scottish Government. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.

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