Aileen Campbell

Aileen Campbell, MSP for Clydesdale, was born in Perth, Scotland, on 18th May 1980.
Aileen grew up on her parents’ tenant farm and attended Collace primary school and Perth Academy before graduating with an MA joint honours degree in Politics with Economic and Social History at the University of Glasgow.
She started a career in publishing by working as an editor for Keystone, a construction magazine, in 2003 and was an editorial assistant on the pro-independence newspaper, the Scottish Standard. Before her election to parliament, Aileen also worked for Nicola Sturgeon in 2005 and Shona Robison in 2006 as a Parliamentary Assistant.

Campbell was first elected to the Scottish Parliament on 3rd May 2007 as a list member for the South of Scotland. Following her re-election to Parliament as the MSP for Clydesdale at the 5th May 2011 election, Aileen’s was appointed Minister for Local Government and Planning. In December of that year, she was placed into her present position of Minister for Children and Young People.

She is married and lives in Biggar in the South of Scotland with her husband and her young son, Angus.

Aileen is among a range of ministers and other figures who regularly blog on Engage for Education, a Scottish Government website that enables the public and practitioners to discuss education, learning, early years policy and youth employment directly with the Ministers and teams responsible for them.