The Scottish Government (Scottish Gaelic: Riaghaltas na h-Alba Scots: Scots Govrenment) is the executive branch of the devolved government of Scotland. It is accountable to the Scottish Parliament.The government was established in 1999 as the Scottish Executive under section 44(1) of the Scotland Act 1998. In September 2007 under the Minority SNP Government it was rebranded to the Scottish Government with its legal title remaining the Scottish Executive.
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budget ($)
2.86E10
formation year
1999-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
headquarter
Edinburgh, Scotland, St Andrew's House
jurisdiction
Scotland
leader
Order of the Bath, Peter Housden, Member of the Scottish Parliament, Alex Salmond
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