Richard Baker (born May 29, 1974, Edinburgh) was the youngest sitting member of the Scottish Parliament when elected. A member of the Labour Party, he was elected as a list member for North East Scotland at the 2003 election.
He was elected President of the National Union of Students Scotland from 1998 till 2000, having previously been the North of Scotland Area Convener for that union, and before that the Senior Vice-President (an elected, full-time sabbatical officer post) at the University of Aberdeen Students' Representative Council in the academic year 1995/96.
His wife, Claire Brennan-Baker became an MSP after the 2007 election.