Editing Donald Dewar (section)

=== Reactions and aftermath ===
Dewar's death came as a shock to Scotland. UK Foreign Secretary described his death as "a tragedy for Donald and a tragedy for Scotland." Henry McLeish said: "this is a day of enormous sadness for Scotland and for me personally. Donald was devolution. The architect of the most successful constitutional change this century."<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC NEWS {{!}} In Depth {{!}} Donald Dewar {{!}} Tributes flood in |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/967258.stm |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

<blockquote>"Although he has become something of a political legend, Donald would have abhorred any attempt to turn him into some kind of secular saint. He would have been horrified at a Diana-style out-pouring of synthetic grief at his untimely death."&nbsp;— [[Iain Macwhirter]], ''[[Sunday Herald]]'', 15 October 2000.</blockquote>

Dewar was succeeded by [[Henry McLeish]] as [[First Minister of Scotland|First Minister]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC News {{!}} SCOTLAND {{!}} McLeish wins first minister title |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/991398.stm |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>