What is Donald Dewar?
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] | name = Donald Dewar | honorific-suffix = | image = [[File:Donald Dewar First Minister.jpg|220px]] | caption = Donald Dewar's official portrait | office = [[First Minister of Scotland]] | monarch = [[Elizabeth II]] | deputy = [[Jim Wallace]] | term_start = 17 May 1999 | term_end = 11 October 2000 | predecessor = ''[[Scotland Act 1998|Office established]]'' | successor = [[Henry McLeish]] | office1 = [[Scottish Labour|Leader of the Scottish Labour Party]] | 1blankname1 = [[Leader of the Labour Party (UK)|UK&nbsp;party&nbsp;leader]] | 1namedata1 = [[Tony Blair]] | term_start1 = 7 May 1999 | term_end1 = 11 October 2000 | predecessor1 = ''Position established'' | successor1 = Henry McLeish | office2 = [[Secretary of State for Scotland]] | primeminister2 = [[Tony Blair]] | term_start2 = 2 May 1997 | term_end2 = 17 May 1999 | predecessor2 = [[Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean|Michael Forsyth]] | successor2 = | birth_name = Donald Campbell Dewar | birth_date = {{birth date|1937|8|21|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Glasgow]], Scotland | death_date = {{death date and age|2000|10|11|1937|8|21|df=y}} | death_place = [[Edinburgh]], Scotland | death_cause = [[Intracerebral hemorrhage|Cerebral hemorrhage]] | party = [[Scottish Labour]] | spouse = {{marriage|Alison McNair|1964|1973|end = divorced}} | children = 2 | education = [[University of Glasgow]] | signature = Signature of Donald Dewar.gif }} '''Donald Campbell Dewar''' (21 August 1937 – 11 October 2000) was the first [[First Minister of Scotland]] from 1999 until his death in 2000. He was the first person to hold the position