Robin Harper
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Robin Harper FRSSA |
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| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Lothians |
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In office 6 May 1999 – 22 March 2011 |
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4 August 1940 Thurso, Caithness, Scotland |
| Political party | Scottish Green Party |
| Alma mater | University of Aberdeen |
| Profession | Teacher |
| Website | robinharper.wordpress.com |
Robin Harper, FRSSA (born 4 August 1940) is a Scottish politician, and was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothians region (1999–2011). He was co-convener of the Scottish Green Party (2004–2008). Harper became an MSP in the first elections to the Scottish Parliament in 1999, the first ever elected Green parliamentarian in the United Kingdom.
Harper was educated at St Marylebone Grammar School and Elgin Academy, Moray. He graduated in 1962 from the University of Aberdeen. He worked as a modern studies teacher at Boroughmuir High School, Edinburgh, and before that as an English teacher in Kenya.
Harper joined the Ecology Party's Scottish branch in 1985. At the time, the branch only had 35 members, and its AGM that year was held in his flat. He was elected unopposed as its convenor and secretary, and remained a leading figure as it became first the UK-wide Green Party, then the independent Scottish Green Party.
Harper is a patron of many organisations including LGBT Youth Scotland, an organisation dedicated to the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people in the life of Scotland. He is married. He is also an Honorary Vice-President of English-Speaking Union Scotland. He was elected as Rector of the University of Aberdeen in 2005, having previously served as Rector of the University of Edinburgh. Harper is also the Honorary President of the Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group.
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