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Humza Haroon Yousaf (/ ˈ h ʌ m z ə ˈ j uː s ə f /; [1] born 7 April 1985) is a Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from March 2023 to May 2024.
On 15 February 2023, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced her intention to resign the leadership of the Scottish National Party (SNP), triggering an internal election to elect a successor. [1] [2] [3] Yousaf declared his candidacy for leader on 18 February on a platform as the "continuity candidate" to Sturgeon's progressive policies. [4] [5]
The 2024 Scottish National Party leadership election took place to choose the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) following the resignation of Humza Yousaf on 29 April 2024, amid a government crisis. Nominations closed on 6 May, with John Swinney emerging as the only candidate and was subsequently elected unopposed as the party's new ...
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The SNP leader froze council tax, announced a new Scottish financial bond and called for a Gaza refugee programme. Key points in Humza Yousaf’s speech to the SNP conference Skip to main content
37-year-old to become Scotland’s youngest-ever leader and first from minority ethnic background
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]
LONDON (Reuters) -Scotland's leader Humza Yousaf resigned on Monday, further opening the door to the UK opposition Labour Party regaining ground in its former Scottish heartlands during a national ...