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2024 SNP Leadership Election
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 2024 Scottish government crisis, a government crisis. Nominations closed on 6 May, with John Swinney emerging as the only candidate and was subsequently Uncontested election, elected unopposed as the party's new leader. 2023 SNP leadership election, In the previous election, held the year prior following Nicola Sturgeon's resignation, Yousaf successfully defeated Kate Forbes and Ash Regan in a leadership election that caused turmoil for the party with disagreements over the Proposed second Scottish independence referendum, party's independence strategy and the controversial Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, gender reform bill. Yousaf was subsequently appointed First Minister of Scotland. On 25 April 2024, Yousaf announced the end of his co-operation agreement with the Scottish Greens fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humza Yousaf
Humza Haroon Yousaf (; 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. He served under his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon as Scottish Justice Secretary, justice secretary from 2018 to 2021 and then as Scottish Health Secretary, health secretary from 2021 to 2023. He has been Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow Pollok (Scottish Parliament constituency), Glasgow Pollok since 2016, having previously been a Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions, regional MSP for Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region), Glasgow from 2011 to 2016. Born to Pakistani immigrants in Glasgow, Yousaf studied politics at the University of Glasgow, before working as a parliamentary assistant for Bashir Ahmad (Scottish politician), Bashir Ahmad, the first Muslim and the first Immigrant generations, second-generation immigrant elected to the Scottish Parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
