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Sir Muir Russell (born 1949)
KCB DL FRSE is
Principal and
Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Glasgow, in
Scotland.
He was born in
Glasgow and was educated at the
High School of Glasgow and the University of Glasgow, where he took a
first class honours degree in
Natural Philosophy.
He was elected as a fellow of the
Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2000 and holds honorary degrees from the
University of Strathclyde and the University of Glasgow.
Career
Muir Russell took office as Principal on 1 October 2003. Previously, he was
Permanent Secretary to the
Scottish Executive since its establishment in 1999. He joined The
Scottish Office in 1970 and became Secretary of the
Scottish Development Agency on its establishment in Glasgow in 1975. He was
Principal Private Secretary to The
Secretary of State for Scotland from 1981 to 1983 and was seconded to the
Cabinet Office in 1990. He was appointed Permanent Secretary at The Scottish Office in May 1998.
He was widely believed to be primarily responsible for the massive overspend on the new Scottish Parliament and was criticised by Lord Fraser for failing to keep the politicians informed that the expenditure was far in excess of the budget. While at Glasgow University he attracted much criticism for receiving pay rises which were much greater than the rate of inflation. (http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1923350.0.0.php)
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