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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 until his resignation in May 2024.
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 ...
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]
Humza Yousaf has narrowly won the bitterly-fought contest to replace Nicola Sturgeon as the SNP leader and Scotland’s first minister, winning by just over 2,000 votes.. The 37-year-old is set to ...
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Humza Yousaf will succeed Nicola Sturgeon as first minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party after beating Kate Forbes and Ash Regan. Mr Yousaf was the first South Asian and ...
Emma Harper MSP sent an email to party members in support of Yousaf using the SNP's email system. This was against party rules, and Harper apologised. [119] Joanna Cherry MP, who supported Regan, said that the SNP's "party machine" was supporting Yousaf. [120] Yousaf said his first meeting as first minister, if elected, would be with anti ...
However, elections expert Professor Sir John Curtice said the SNP leader is ‘nothing like as popular’ as his predecessor, Nicola Sturgeon. Humza Yousaf says SNP can ‘come out on top’ in ...