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Sir Daniel Grian Alexander (born 15 May 1972) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who was Chief Secretary to the Treasury between 2010 and 2015. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey constituency from 2005 until the general election in May 2015, when he was defeated by Drew Hendry of the Scottish National Party (SNP). In his first parliamentary term (2005–2010), Alexander was the Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary for Work and Pensions, the chief of staff to party leader, Nick Clegg, and Chair of the Liberal Democrat Manifesto Group (2007–2010). With the 2010 UK general election producing a hung parliament, he was one of the four-man Liberal Democrat negotiating team in the drawing up of the coalition document for the new Coalition Government with the Conservative Party. Alexander was initially appointed Secretary of State for Scotland,〔(Lib Dem MP Danny Alexander to be new Scottish secretary ) BBC News, 12 May 2010〕 but at the end of May 2010, he was promoted to Chief Secretary to the Treasury, following the resignation of David Laws.〔(Treasury Minister David Laws resigns over expenses ) BBC News, 29 May 2010〕 He was knighted in the 2015 Dissolution Honours Lists on 27th August 2015.〔https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dissolution-honours-2015〕 ==Early life and education== Alexander was born in Edinburgh. As a child he lived on the island of Colonsay where his father Di was a firefighter, potter and deputy pier master. He attended Colonsay Primary School. The family then moved briefly to South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, then to Glengarry on the mainland, where he attended Invergarry Primary School. He was then educated at Lochaber High School, Fort William in the Scottish Highlands, where he counted future Sky News employee Samuel Quinn amongst his friends. While at Lochaber he excelled in Maths and science subjects,〔Daily Mail Weekend Interview. 9 June 2012, p6〕 before reading Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at St Anne's College, Oxford.〔Dinwoodie, Robin (31 May 2010) "The boy from Colonsay takes on critical job at Treasury". Glasgow; ''The Herald''.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Danny Alexander」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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