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David Gordon Mundell (born 27 May 1962) is a Scottish solicitor, Conservative politician and UK Government Minister, serving as Secretary of State for Scotland since 2015. Mundell is the first Conservative to hold the position since Michael Forsyth in 1997. Mundell represents the Scottish constituency of Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale since 2005 and currently is the sole Scottish Conservative member of parliament in the House of Commons. He was appointed Secretary of State for Scotland following the 2015 general election, having previously served as Under-Secretary of State for Scotland from 2010 to 2015.〔(www.parliament.uk )〕 ==Background== Born in Dumfries, Mundell grew up in Newton Wamphray and Lockerbie. He attended Lockerbie Academy before reading Law at the University of Edinburgh (MA), also gaining a Diploma in Legal Practice (Dip LP).〔(www.scottishlaw.org.uk )〕 After further studies, he graduated from Strathclyde Business School as MBA. Having become a Young Conservative aged 14, he switched to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) while at university in 1981. In 2002, he stated: "the first Thatcher Government did get a bit bogged down and it wasn't really the radical government that subsequently emerged,... And the fact that you had a completely new opportunity to wipe the slate clean, with no baggage, was a very attractive thing".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=David Torrance: Mutual respect is crucial as Tories bid to govern Scotland )〕 He practised as a solicitor before joining BT as Group Legal Advisor for Scotland in 1991. He became BT Scotland's Head of National Affairs, remaining with BT until being elected as an MSP. Mundell served as a Social Democratic Party (SDP) Councillor for Annandale and Eskdale from 1984–86 and then for Dumfries and Galloway until 1987, while a postgraduate student. Mundell has been appointed a Writer to the Signet (WS) and is a member of the Law Society of Scotland. 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「David Mundell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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