Editing Annabelle Ewing (section)

{{Short description|Scottish politician (born 1960)}}
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{{Use British English|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = 
| name                = Annabelle Ewing
| honorific-suffix    = [[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]
| image               = Annabelle_Ewing_MSP.jpg
| caption             = Official portrait, 2016
| office              = [[Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament#List of deputy presiding officers|Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament]]
| term_start          = 14 May 2021
| term_end            = 
| predecessor         = [[Linda Fabiani]]<br />[[Christine Grahame]]<br />[[Lewis Macdonald]]
| alongside           = [[Liam McArthur]]
| 1blankname          = {{nowrap|Presiding Officer}}
| 1namedata           = [[Alison Johnstone]]
| successor           = 
| office1             = [[Minister for Community Safety|Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs]]
| term_start1         = 18 May 2016
| term_end1           = 26 June 2018
| firstminister1        = [[Nicola Sturgeon]]
| predecessor1        = [[Paul Wheelhouse]]
| successor1          = [[Ash Regan]]
| office2             = Minister for Youth and Women's Employment
| term_start2         = 21 November 2014
| term_end2           = 18 May 2016
| firstminister2        = [[Nicola Sturgeon]]
| predecessor2        = [[Angela Constance]] (as Minister for Youth Employment until 22 April 2014)
| successor2          = [[Jamie Hepburn]] (as Minister for Employability and Training)
| office3             = Deputy Convener of the <br />[[Scottish Parliament]]<br /> [[Committees of the Scottish Parliament|Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee]]
| term_start3         = 15 June 2011
| term_end3           = 21 November 2014
| predecessor3        = [[John Scott (MSP)|John Scott]] <small> (as Deputy Convener of the Rural Affairs and Environment Committee)</small>
| successor3          = 
| office4             = [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]]<br />for [[Cowdenbeath (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Cowdenbeath]]
| parliament4         = Scottish
| majority4           = 6,013 (17.6%)
| term_start4         = 6 May 2016
| term_end4           = 
| predecessor4        = [[Alex Rowley]]
| successor4          = 
| office5             = [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]]<br />for [[Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Mid Scotland and Fife]]<br />{{nobold|(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)}}
| parliament5         = Scottish
| majority5           = 
| term_start5         = 5 May 2011
| term_end5           = 23 March 2016
| predecessor5        = 
| successor5          = 
| office6             = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Perth (UK Parliament constituency)|Perth]]
| parliament6         = 
| majority6           = 
| term_start6         = 7 June 2001
| term_end6           = 11 April 2005
| predecessor6        = [[Roseanna Cunningham]]
| successor6          = [[Boundary Commissions (United Kingdom)|Constituency abolished]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1960|08|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = 
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| restingplace        = 
| birthname           = 
| nationality         = [[United Kingdom|Scottish]]
| party               = [[Scottish National Party]]
| otherparty          = 
| spouse              = 
| children            = 
| parents             = [[Winnie Ewing]]<br />Stewart Ewing
| relatives           = [[Fergus Ewing]] (brother)
| residence           = 
| alma_mater          = [[University of Glasgow]]
| occupation          = 
| profession          = [[Solicitor]]
| cabinet             = 
| committees          = 
| portfolio           = 
| signature           = 
| signature_alt       = 
| footnotes           = 
| alt                 = Colour photograph of Annabelle Ewing
}}

'''Annabelle Janet Ewing'''<ref name=":0">{{Citation|chapter=Ewing, Annabelle Janet, (born 20 Aug. 1960), solicitor; Member (SNP) Cowdenbeath, Scottish Parliament, since 2016 (Scotland Mid and Fife, 2011–16); Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs, since 2016|date=2007-12-01|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U42274/|publisher=Oxford University Press|language=en|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U42274|access-date=2018-07-12|title=Who's Who|url-access=subscription}}</ref> (born 20 August 1960) is a Scottish politician and lawyer who has served as [[Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament|Deputy Presiding Officer]] of the [[Scottish Parliament]], alongside [[Liam McArthur]], since May 2021.  A member of the [[Scottish National Party]] (SNP), she has been the [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] (MSP) for the [[Cowdenbeath (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Cowdenbeath]] constituency since [[2016 Scottish Parliament election|2016]], having previously been an MSP for the [[Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Mid Scotland and Fife]] region from [[2011 Scottish Parliament election|2011]] to 2016.

Ewing previously served in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|British House of Commons]] as a [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Perth (UK Parliament constituency)|Perth]], from 2001 to 2005. She was Scotland's [[Minister for Youth and Women's Employment]] from 2014 to 2016, and [[Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs]] from 2016 to 2018. Her brother, [[Fergus Ewing]], is also an MSP in the Scottish Parliament, and their mother, [[Winnie Ewing]], previously served as an MSP, MP and [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ewing elected deputy PO despite potential conflict over brother|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19303499.annabelle-ewing-elected-deputy-po-despite-potential-conflict-brother-fergus/|access-date=2021-06-08|website=HeraldScotland|language=en}}</ref>