First Minister Donald Dewar with Her Majesty The Queen at the opening of the Scottish parliament 1st July 1999
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TWENTY years ago this month, Scotland’s first Parliament in nearly 300 years convened in the Church of Scotland’s General Assembly Hall.
The first meeting was on May 12 1999, and the official opening by the Queen took place on July 1. In the hall that day were several politicians with Church backgrounds, as well as church ministers and officials who had been instrumental in the arrangement.