Brian Adam (10 June 1948 – 25 April 2013) was a Scottish politician. He served as the Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Aberdeen Donside constituency.He was an MSP for the North East Scotland region from 1999 to 2003 and for the Aberdeen North constituency from 2003 to 2011. From 2007 to 2011 he was Chief Whip for the minority SNP Government and Co-Convener of the Oil and Gas Cross Party Group.