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Douglas Alexander (born 1967) is a British politician.

Douglas Alexander British politician

Douglas Garven Alexander is a British Labour Party politician who served in the Cabinet from 2006 to 2010 under Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown in the roles of Secretary of State for Scotland, Secretary of State for Transport and Secretary of State for International Development. He subsequently served in Labour leader Ed Miliband's Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Shadow Foreign Secretary. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1997 to 2015, representing the Scottish constituencies of Paisley South (1997–2005) and Paisley and Renfrewshire South (2005–15).

Douglas Alexander may also refer to:

Sir Douglas Alexander, 1st Baronet was a British-born Canadian industrialist.

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