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Humza Yousaf formed the Second Yousaf government on 25 April 2024 following his dissolution of the Scottish National Party's power sharing agreement with the Scottish Greens. [1] This resulted in a government crisis , where Yousaf faced the threat of a vote of no confidence now that the SNP was leading a minority government.
In April 2024, Humza Yousaf, first minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), faced a confidence challenge following his termination of the Bute House Agreement between the SNP and the Scottish Greens, which meant that Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater, co-leaders of the Greens and their only government ministers, were removed from government. [2]
December 18, 2024 at 2:43 PM Humza Yousaf said he doubts his leadership could have survived the last general election, as he reflected on his fateful decision to end the SNP’s powersharing deal ...
The move led to the ex-first minister's resignation earlier this year as he faced motions of no confidence.
Yousaf pledged his continued support to the implementation of a National Care Service in Scotland, a project that had seen £14 million of spending in the two years prior to Yousaf becoming First Minister. [79] Yousaf said that his decision to continue the implementation of a National Care Service was to "end the postcode lottery of care". [79]
The make-up of the Scottish Parliament means the First Minister faces a tough fight for his political future.
Humza Haroon Yousaf was born on 7 April 1985 in Rutherglen Maternity Hospital in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] He is son of first-generation Pakistani Punjabi Muslim immigrants: his father Mian Muzaffar Yousaf Arain was born in Mian Channu , Punjab , Pakistan, and emigrated from the city with his family in the 1960s ...
The Scottish First Minister urged the international community to ‘step up’.