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Joe FitzPatrick (born 1 April 1967) is a Scottish politician and is Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dundee City West. He has represented the constituency at the Scottish Parliament since the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections, succeeding retiring Labour MSP Kate Maclean. He is also the Scottish Government Minister for Parliamentary Business, a post he has held since September 2012. ==Life and career== FitzPatrick was educated at Whitfield Primary School, Whitfield High School, Inverness College and Abertay University. He studied Forestry at Inverness College and worked for the Forestry Commission in Angus and Tillhill Forestry in Argyle. He was elected President of Inverness College Students Association and was re-elected as the College's first Sabbatical President. He was elected to the National Executive of NUS (Scotland) in 1990 and was given specific responsibility for LGBT issues. He was later elected as the Area Convenor for the National Union of Students (North of Scotland Area) in 1991-92. Before his election to the Scottish Parliament, FitzPatrick worked for Dundee SNP parliamentarians Shona Robison MSP and Stewart Hosie MP and was also a Dundee City councillor, SNP group whip and finance spokesperson. He also represented the council on a number of posts on outside bodies including: 1999–2003 Campaign for Rail Electrification Aberdeen to Edinburgh (CREATE) 1999–2003 COSLA Convention 1999–2002 Dundee City Council Sports Association for the Disabled 1999–2003 City of Dundee Sports Council 1999–2004 Member of the Board, Dundee Ice Rink 2005–2006 Member of the Board, Dundee Ice Arena 2001–2002 COSLA Royal Blind Asylum School 2001–2003 COSLA Spokesperson Consumer and Protection Services 2003–2007 COSLA Association for Public Services Excellence After being elected MSP for Dundee West, he was elected as the SNP Group Secretary in the Parliament and was a member of the Finance Committee and SNP substitute on the Health Committee. He was also the Parliamentary Liaison Officer to John Swinney MSP (Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth). In 2007 FitzPatrick was elected to the SNP's National Executive Committee. In 2009 he co-ordinated the SNP's successful European Election Campaign. In 2011 FitzPatrick was re-elected to the slightly enlarged Dundee City west seat with an increased majority and 57.6% of the vote. FitzPatrick went on to be appointed Convener of the Local Government and Regeneration Committee. He was Co-convener of the Cross Party Group on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency and Convener of the Cross Party Group on Computer Games Technology prior to his appointment as Minister for Parliamentary Business in September 2012. FitzPatrick is one of five openly LGBT MSPs, along with Marco Biagi, Ruth Davidson, Kevin Stewart and Patrick Harvie. 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「Joe FitzPatrick」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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