Douglas Alexander

Douglas Alexander strikes me as the kind of political operator history quietly relies on. A Glasgow-born, Edinburgh-educated Labour figure, he served as Secretary of State for Scotland back in 2006, stepped away, then returned to Parliament in 2024 and to the same office in 2025. That comeback is what I find most telling. Politics chews people up, yet he kept his footing and came back to do the work. He's never been the flashiest name, but I value the durable, administrative type who actually keeps government running. His resilience earns a quiet, genuine respect from me.

Name (English)

Douglas Alexander

Name (Japanese)

ダグラス・アレクサンダー

Reading

だぐらす・あれくさんだー

Born

October 26, 1967 (age 58)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Goat

Origin

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Occupation

politician

High school

Park Mains High School

University

University of Edinburgh

• Official sitehttp://www.douglasalexander.labour.co.uk/
• Xhttps://x.com/D_G_Alexander
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas%20Alexander
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q259106

Tags

• politician

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.