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DFM announces resignation
09/05/2005
Deputy First Minister Jim Wallace has today announced
his resignation.
He is to stand down as leader of the Scottish Liberal
Democrats who are partners with the Scottish Labour Party
in the coalition which forms the Scottish government.
The
Partnership
Agreement between the parties states that the Liberal
Democrat leader will be appointed DFM.
Mr Wallace, the MSP for Orkney, who is also Minister for
Enterprise and Lifelong Learning, has been DFM in
successive administrations since the Executive was first
established in 1999.
He will stand down once a successor has been elected
this summer.
Mr Wallace also said he will relinquish his role as an
MSP and leave the Scottish Parliament at the next election
in 2007.