Frank McAveety

Quick Facts

Full Name	Frank McAveety
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jul 27, 1962(1962-07-27)
Age	62
Birthplace	Glasgow
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Scotland
Horoscope	Cancer

Frank McAveety Biography

Frank McAveety is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on July 27, 1962 in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Frank was born on the 27th of July 1962, in Glasgow and was raised in Glasgow’s Barmulloch district. He went to school at Glasgow through All Saints Secondary School, and then at The University of Strathclyde, from where he graduated in 1983 with the bachelor of Arts degree in English and History.

McAveety was the The Leader for the Glasgow City Council from 1997 until 1999, at when he launched the biggest-ever investment plan in the history of Glasgow Secondary Schools and oversaw the reduction of debt on housing in the case of City Housing Tenants. He also created the first Local Authority Standards Committee, which was the genesis for the creation of the Standards Commission for Scotland by the Scottish Parliament, just a few years later.

In 2004, he was mocked by a Sheriff Court judge after charges against two anti-war protesters were dropped after an altercation with the two protesters and a Labour council candidate. McAveety had claimed they had put him through the “worst intimidation in his life” during an altercation in the southside of Glasgow. In dismissing the case however, Sheriff Graeme Warner said that McAveety “must have lived a very sheltered life” and had “completely blown his credibility”.

Frank McAveety is known for his knowledge of various genres of modern popular music. He has written in praise of David Bowie in the Scotsman newspaper and he wrote a regular feature for Holyrood Magazine, which celebrated and recommended his favourite albums. In April 2005, the Scotsman newspaper dubbed him the “Daddy of Parliamentary Pop”. This was in reference to his speech in the Parliamentary Chamber in support of a motion recognising Franz Ferdinand for that band’s contribution to Scottish popular music and culture.

He was a member of the Glasgow District Council since 1988 to 1996. He also was Co-Chair for the Arts and Culture Committee, that was responsible for the creation of Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art. Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art and began plans for the major-scale renovation of Kelvingrove Gallery in Glasgow.

Frank McAveety Net Worth

Frank McAveety is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Frank McAveety 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Frank McAveety (born 27 July 1962) is a Scottish Labour Cooperative politician, Councillor representing the Shettleston Ward in Glasgow as well as the chief of Glasgow City Council from 10 September 2015 to April 4, 2017. He was also a member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Shettleston from 1999 to 2011.

After obtaining an Postgraduate Certificate in Education from St Andrew’s College of Education (now part of the University of Glasgow) in 1984, McAveety began a career as an elementary school teacher. He taught English in schools on Glasgow’s South side and the East End of Glasgow.

When elected to the Scottish Parliament in 1999, he was appointed Deputy Minister for Local Government in the Scottish Executive and served in that position until 2000. He returned to office as Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care in May 2002. As Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport following the 2003 Scottish Parliament election, he established the National Theatre of Scotland, which has resulted in the award-winning play, Black Watch and other productions. In his capacity as Sports Minister, McAveety advocated using sports investment as an opportunity for community regeneration and he oversaw Scotland’s largest ever investment in national sports infrastructure, being developed in the East End of Glasgow. He also conducted a successful campaign to bring the headquarters of Sportscotland, the national sports agency, to the East End of Glasgow.

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In the 2011 Scottish Parliamentary election, he lost his seat to the SNP’s John Mason but he made an early return to politics in May 2012, when he was elected as a Councillor for the Shettleston ward of Glasgow City Council.

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Frank Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Frank McAveety celebrates birthday on July 27 of every year.