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Donald Dewar died the following day, at 12.18pm, in Edinburgh's Western General Hospital. He was 63 years old. Dewar's funeral service was held at Glasgow Cathedral, amid scenes of mourning unknown for a politician in Scotland's largest city. He was cremated on 18 October 2000, and his ashes were scattered at Lochgilphead .
11 de out. de 2000 · How others saw him: Donald Dewar was the tall, angular, fast-talking Scottish Secretary. An experienced politician, he long argued the case for devolution in opposition and saw his plans approach reality in the referendum and the ensuing Parliamentary bill.
Donald Dewar. Donald Campbell Dewar ( Glasgow, 21 augustus 1937 - Edinburgh, 11 oktober 2000) was een Schots politicus en de eerste minister-president van Schotland (13 mei 1999 - 11 oktober 2000). Dewar was lid van de Schotse Labourpartij. Hij was in de regering van Tony Blair minister voor Schotland, en speelde een belangrijke rol bij de ...
11 de out. de 2000 · Scotland's First Minister Donald Dewar has died from a brain haemorrhage, it has been announced. The news was delivered in a statement at 1410BST by his official spokesman David Whitton. His voice near breaking, Mr Whitton said Mr Dewar had died from a brain haemorrhage. The Queen paid tribute to Mr Dewar and also sent a personal message to his ...
Dewar became known as ‘the father of the nation’, but it wasn’t a term he was keen on himself. “If I wanted to annoy him, I would call him the father of the nation,” laughs David Whitton. “He got quite annoyed about it. But if he wasn’t the father of the nation, he was certainly the architect of the parliament in many ways.”.
11 de out. de 2020 · Share. Scots pay tribute to Donald Dewar on the 20th anniversary of his death. TWENTY years ago today Donald Dewar tragically died at the age of 63. His loss was an incalculable one to the fledgling Scottish Parliament and to Scottish Labour: the first institution eventually finding its feet, while the second lost its way.
12 de out. de 2000 · Tributes flood in. Tributes have been paid to Scotland's First Minister Donald Dewar, who has died following a brain haemorrhage. Mr Dewar, who underwent heart surgery earlier this year, was taken ill after a fall outside his official residence in Edinburgh on Tuesday. He had continued working but was taken to hospital after complaining of ...
