2001 in Scotland

Years

1999 1999 in Scotland Events from 1999 in Scotland-Incumbents:*Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II *First Minister and Keeper of the Great Seal - Donald Dewar -Events:* 7 February - Sunday Herald newspaper is launched....  | 2000 2000 in Scotland Events from 2000 in Scotland-Incumbents:*Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II *First Minister and Keeper of the Great Seal - Donald Dewar , Henry McLeish -Events:...  | 2001 | 2002 2002 in Scotland Events from 2002 in Scotland-Incumbents:*Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II *First Minister and Keeper of the Great Seal - Jack McConnell -Events:...  | 2003 2003 in Scotland Events from 2003 in Scotland-Incumbents:*Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II *First Minister and Keeper of the Great Seal - Jack McConnell -Events:...

Centuries

18th century | 19th century | 20th century | 21st century

See also

2000-01 in Scottish football 2000-01 in Scottish football The 2000–01 season was the 104th season of competitive football in Scotland.-Scottish Premier League:The 2000–01 Scottish Premier League was won by Celtic, 15 points clear of Rangers who finished second. Both teams earned a place in the UEFA Champions League. Hibernian and Kilmarnock...

2001-02 in Scottish football 2001-02 in Scottish football The 2001–02 season was the 105th season of competitive football in Scotland.-Key events:Celtic, domestic treble winners a year earlier, retain their Premier League title....

Incumbents

• Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II (since 6 February 1952)
• First Minister
  First Minister of Scotland
  The First Minister of Scotland is the political leader of Scotland and head of the Scottish Government. The First Minister chairs the Scottish Cabinet and is primarily responsible for the formulation, development and presentation of Scottish Government policy...
  
   and Keeper of the Great Seal - Henry McLeish
  Henry McLeish
  Henry Baird McLeish is a Scottish Labour Party politician, author and academic. Formerly a professional association football player, McLeish was the Member of Parliament for Central Fife from 1987 to 2001 and the Member of the Scottish Parliament for Central Fife from 1999 to 2003, during which...
  
   (until 8 November 2001), Jack McConnell
  Jack McConnell
  Jack Wilson McConnell, Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale is a British Labour life peer in the House of Lords. He was third First Minister of Scotland from 2001 to 2007, making him the longest serving First Minister in the history of the Scottish Parliament...
  
   (from 22 November 2001)

Events

• 31 January - The Scottish Court in the Netherlands
  Scottish Court in the Netherlands
  The Scottish court in the Netherlands was the special High Court of Justiciary set up under Scots law in a former United States Air Force base called Camp Zeist in Utrecht, in the Netherlands, for the trial of two Libyans charged with 270 counts of murder in connection with the bombing of Pan Am...
  
   convicts a Libya
  Libya
  Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
  
  n and acquits another for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103
  Pan Am Flight 103
  Pan Am Flight 103 was Pan American World Airways' third daily scheduled transatlantic flight from London Heathrow Airport to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport...
  
   which crashed in Lockerbie
  Lockerbie
  Lockerbie is a town in the Dumfries and Galloway region of south-western Scotland. It lies approximately from Glasgow, and from the English border. It had a population of 4,009 at the 2001 census...
  
   in 1988. Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah (aged 44) is cleared, but Abdelbaset Ali Mohamed Al Megrahi is found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommended minimum term of 20 years.
• 7 June - The UK General Election
  United Kingdom general election, 2001
  The United Kingdom general election, 2001 was held on Thursday 7 June 2001 to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. It was dubbed "the quiet landslide" by the media, as the Labour Party was re-elected with another landslide result and only suffered a net loss of 6 seats...
  
   results in Labour winning 56 of Scotland's 72 MP's, with the Liberal Democrats winning ten, the SNP winning five and the Conservatives winning one.
• 17 June - Cardinal Winning, head of the Roman Catholic church in Scotland
  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...
  
  , dies of a heart attack aged 76.
• 10 September - The Bank of Scotland
  Bank of Scotland
  The Bank of Scotland plc is a commercial and clearing bank based in Edinburgh, Scotland. With a history dating to the 17th century, it is the second oldest surviving bank in what is now the United Kingdom, and is the only commercial institution created by the Parliament of Scotland to...
  
   and the Halifax merge to form HBOS plc.
• 6 November - The Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001
  Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001
  The Protection from Abuse Act 2001 is an act of the Scottish Parliament. It was passed on 4 October 2001, receiving Royal Assent on 6 November.-Background and legislation:...
  
  receives Royal Assent.