Facts:   - presidingofficer: tricia marwick    - website: -lsb- http://www.joe.fitzpatrick.scot joe.fitzpatrick.scot -rsb-    - parliament: scottish    - party: scottish national party    - constituency mp: dundee city west dundee west 2007-2011    - predecessor: brian whip kate maclean adam as minister for parliamentary business and chief    - office: minister for parliamentary business      - term start: 5 september 2012 3 may 2007    - birth date: 1 april 1967    - name: joe fitzpatrick    - image: joefitzpatrickmsp20110511.jpg    - majority: 6,405    - birth place: dundee    - alma mater: abertay university   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of joe fitzpatrick .
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joe fitzpatrick -lrb- born 1 april 1967 -rrb- is a scottish politician and is scottish national party member of the scottish parliament for dundee city west .he has represented the constituency at the scottish parliament since the 2007 scottish parliament elections , succeeding retiring labour msp kate maclean .he is also the scottish government minister for parliamentary business , a post he has held since september 2012 .