Scottish solicitor and Conservative Party politician
Rab Forman
MBE WS
Chairman of the Scottish Conservatives
In office 4 June 2015 – 20 May 2022
Serving with Rachael Hamilton from 14 February 2020
Leader
Ruth Davidson Jackson Carlaw Douglas Ross
Preceded by
The Lord Keen of Elie
Succeeded by
Craig Hoy
Councillor, Lothian Regional Council
In office 3 May 1990 – 5 May 1994
Personal details
Born
Robert Forman
1948 (age 75–76) Edinburgh, Scotland
Political party
Scottish Conservatives
Alma mater
University of Edinburgh
Occupation
Solicitor
Robert FormanMBE WS (born 1948), known as Rab Forman, is a Scottish solicitor and politician. He was the Chairman of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party between June 2015 and May 2022, succeeding Richard Keen, and prior to that appointment served as Honorary Secretary of the party for ten years.[1]
Rab Forman was born in Edinburgh and graduated from Royal High School and the University of Edinburgh. He was elected as a Councillor for the former Lothian Regional Council in 1990. He served the Merchiston and Morningside ward for four years. He was a senior partner at Blackadders LLP, where he practised as a private client solicitor.[1][2]
Forman is a Writer to The Signet and was appointed a Member of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in the 2015 Queen's Birthday honours list.[3] He is the honorary president of his former school, Royal High School.[4] He is a former Moderator of the Society of High Constables of Edinburgh. He is also the former captain of Mortonhall Golf Club.[4][5]
^ ab"Scottish Conservatives appoint new chairman - Scottish Conservatives". Scottish Conservatives. 4 June 2015. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
^"News & Legal Updates | Blog | Blackadders Scotland". Blackadders. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
^"Rab Forman awarded MBE for political service". Law Society of Scotland. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
^ ab"Committee". www.royalhigh.co.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
^Stanbrook, Alison (19 August 2020). "Golf House Club, Elie". The James Braid Golfing Society. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
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