Marco Biagi (politician)
Encyclopedia
Marco Biagi is a Scottish
politician, serving as the SNP
MSP
for Edinburgh Central
.
Biagi was raised in Dunbartonshire
. He studied at the University of St Andrews
where he was awarded a First
. He was also elected as a Vice-President of the Students' Association and in 2002 managed the unsuccessful campaign of Germaine Greer
for election to the post of Rector. He subsequently began a PhD
at Wadham College, Oxford University, but decided not to continue and returned to Scotland where he completed a Masters degree at Glasgow University and worked at the Scottish Parliament
.
Biagi contested the seat of Edinburgh Central
in the Scottish Parliament general election, 2011, and defeated the Labour incumbent Sarah Boyack
by a narrow margin of 237 votes. He is understood to be the youngest person to have won election to the Scottish Parliament
in a constituency seat.
He is openly gay.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
politician, serving as the SNP
Scottish National Party
The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom....
MSP
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Member of the Scottish Parliament is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament.-Methods of Election:MSPs are elected in one of two ways:...
for Edinburgh Central
Edinburgh Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Edinburgh Central is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the plurality method of election...
.
Biagi was raised in Dunbartonshire
Dunbartonshire
Dunbartonshire or the County of Dumbarton is a lieutenancy area and registration county in the west central Lowlands of Scotland lying to the north of the River Clyde. Until 1975 it was a county used as a primary unit of local government with its county town and administrative centre at the town...
. He studied at the University of St Andrews
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews, informally referred to as "St Andrews", is the oldest university in Scotland and the third oldest in the English-speaking world after Oxford and Cambridge. The university is situated in the town of St Andrews, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It was founded between...
where he was awarded a First
First
First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one.First or 1st may also refer to:* First , minor summit below the Schwarzhorn in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland* First , mountain in Bernese Alps in Switzerland...
. He was also elected as a Vice-President of the Students' Association and in 2002 managed the unsuccessful campaign of Germaine Greer
Germaine Greer
Germaine Greer is an Australian writer, academic, journalist and scholar of early modern English literature, widely regarded as one of the most significant feminist voices of the later 20th century....
for election to the post of Rector. He subsequently began a PhD
Doctorate
A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to teach in a specific field, A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder...
at Wadham College, Oxford University, but decided not to continue and returned to Scotland where he completed a Masters degree at Glasgow University and worked at the Scottish Parliament
Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...
.
Biagi contested the seat of Edinburgh Central
Edinburgh Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Edinburgh Central is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the plurality method of election...
in the Scottish Parliament general election, 2011, and defeated the Labour incumbent Sarah Boyack
Sarah Boyack
Sarah Boyack MSP is a Scottish Labour MSP for the Lothian region and formerly constituency MSP for Edinburgh Central in the Scottish Parliament....
by a narrow margin of 237 votes. He is understood to be the youngest person to have won election to the Scottish Parliament
Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...
in a constituency seat.
He is openly gay.