Kenneth Wright MacAskill (born 28 April 1958) is a Scottish politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for East Lothian since 2019. He served as Cabinet Secretary for Justice from 2007 to 2014. He was Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Edinburgh Eastern, formerly Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, constituency from 2007 to 2016. A former member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he previously represented the Lothians region from 1999 to 2007. On 27 March 2021, MacAskill left the SNP to join the Alba Party.