Background
Hume was born in Peebles but raised in Selkirkshire and currently lives on a farm in the valley of the Yarrow Water.
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Jim Hume
Edit Profilepolitician Member of the Scottish Parliament
Education
University of Edinburgh.
Career
His previous positions include Chairman of "Environment and Land Use" for the National Farmers Union of Scotland and President of Lothians and Borders NFU. He was active during the Foot-and-mouth crisis of 2001. Before becoming an Managing Successful Programmes, he was also on the board of Scottish Enterprise Borders, Chaired The Borders Foundation for Rural Sustainability and was a Trustee of The Borders Forest Trust. He was elected to the Scottish Parliament to represent the South of Scotland region at the 2007 election.
He was also elected councillor of the Galashiels and District region of Scottish Borders Council on the same night.
He is the first ever Liberal Democrat Managing Successful Programmes for the South of Scotland region since the Scottish Parliament was created in 1999. Hume is currently Scottish Liberal Democrat Spokesman for Housing and Health.
He sits on the Scottish Parliament"s Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee, of which he is the Committee"s European Union Reporter. 1967-1974: Yarrow Primary School
1974-1980: Selkirk High School
1983: Edinburgh School of Agriculture, Diploma in Agriculture
1997: University of Edinburgh, Masters in Business Administration (Master of Business Administration)
2004-2006: Director of the National Farmers Union of Scotland (NFUS) President of Lothian & Borders NFUS
2000-2006: Trustee Borders Forest Trust (BFT)
2000-2001: Trustee Borders Foundation for Rural Sustainability (BFRS)
2001-2007: Chairman Borders Foundation for Rural Sustainability
2003-2007: Director Scottish Enterprise Borders (SEB)
February 2007-2004 May 2007: Director of the National Farmers Union of Scotland (NFUS): Chairman of NFUS Environment & Land Use.
2007-2011: Scottish Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister for the Environment
2008-2011: Scottish Liberal Democrat Deputy Spokesperson on Environment, Rural Development and Energy
2009 - March 2011: Head of Scottish Parliamentary Campaigns
2011 – 2012: Scottish Liberal Democrat Spokesperson on Rural Affairs, Environment, Climate Change, Housing and Transport
2011 – present:.
2011 – present: The Scottish Parliament Rural Affairs, Climate Change & Environment Committee"s European Reporter. 2012–present: Scottish Liberal Democrat Spokesperson on Health and Housing
2012–present: Scottish Liberal Democrat Deputy Whip.
Politics
Scottish Liberal Democrats, Liberal Democrats.
Membership
He is also the Scottish Liberal Democrat Deputy Whip and is also a member of the European Committee of Regions. 2005-2007: Member of Forestry Commission Scotland"s South of Scotland Regional Forum. 2007 – present: for South of Scotland
2007-2008: Member of The Scottish Parliament"s Audit Committee
2008-2011: Member of The Scottish Parliament"s European & External Relations Committee
Rural Affairs, Climate Change & Environment Committee.
2011 – present: Member of The European Union"s Committee of Regions.
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Political Party
Scottish Liberal Democrats