Humza Yousaf
First Meenister of o Scotland fae 2023 tae 2024 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Humza Haroon Yousaf (born 7 Aprile 1985) is a Scots politeecian wha servit as the 6t First Meenister o Scotland an Heidsman o the Scots Naitional Pairty frae Mairch 2023 tae Mey 2024, haein succeedit Nicola Sturgeon; afore this he wis the Scots Govrenment Cabinet Secretar for Health an Social Care[1] and is Scots Naitional Pairty Member o the Scots Pairlament for Glesga Pollok. Yousaf wis the first non-white an Muslim memmer o the Scots Cabinet. In 2011 he had bin the youngest memmer o the Scots Pairlament[2] when he was first electit at 26 years auld.[3]
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Life
Humza Haroon Yousaf hails frae Glesga an taek an M.A. in politics at Glesga varsity in 2007.[4]
His paurents wis faither Muzaffar Yousaf, frae Pakistan an emigrated tae Glesga in the 1960s, an mither Shaaista Bhutta, Sooth Asian forby, wis born in Kenyae. His schuil eddication wis at Hutchesons' Grammar School.[5] He wis raisin money fur Islam Relief charity an wirkit wi young fowk in the commonty, an gaun fur tae deliver food parcels tae the puir families an asylum seekers, as weel as workin in a commonty radio.[6] At Glesga varsity, Yousaf wis preses o the Glasgow University Muslim Students Association as weel as involved in student politics in the students' representative cooncil.
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Career
Yousaf becam the Pairliamentary assistant fur SNP MSPs incluidin Bashir Ahmad, Anne McLaughlin, Nicola Sturgeon and fur Alex Salmond, wha wis then the First Meenister. He had done a young leaders exchange programme wi the US State Department. He won the “Future Force of Politics” award at the Young Scottish Minority Ethnic Awards in 2009.[7]
Aifter bein electit as the youngest memmer o the Scots Pairliament in 2011, Yousaf becam the Meenister for Freemit Affairs an International Development (2012 to 2014), Meenister for Europe an Development (2014 to 2016),[8] then Meenister for Transport an the Islands (2016 to 2018).[9][10]
In 2018, Yousaf jynet Nicola Sturgeon's Cabinet[11] as Cabinet Secretar for Justice an he introduced the Hate Crime Bill, which met wi opposition.[12][13][14] He mad a speech in the Pairliament, aifter the murder o George Floyd in solidarity wi anti-racism, an listit the senior posts in Scotland held only bi white people, which led tae a social media backlash.[15]
Syne, he took ower frae Jeane Freeman as Health Sercretar, through the Covid-19 pandemic an led the vaccine programme an the pandemic repones in Scotland, wi the eftercomin pressure growin oan the NHS. [16][17][18][19]
First Meenister an Heidsman o the Scots Naitional Pairty
Humza Yousaf became Heidsman o the SNP an First Meenister o Scotland in Mairch 2023, efter the surprise demission o Nicola Sturgeon; he defeatit Kate Forbes an Ash Regan in the contest tae replace her.[20] He is the first Muslim tae serve in baith roles.[21] Yousaf propaled his demission on 29 Aprile 2024 efter the collapse o the Bute House Greeance wi the Greens; he wis succeedit bi John Swinney.
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