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Kirsten Campbell
Humza Yousaf's resignation makes his tenure as Scotland's first minister the second shortest since the office was established in 1999. BBC Scotland political correspondent
In that time there have been, not including caretakers, six first ministers - three from the Labour Party and three from the Scottish National Party. It’s a fast-changing situation with a lot of moving parts.
Yousaf formally took office one year and one month ago, on 29 March 2023. But a snap Scottish Parliament election is now looking less likely.
He succeeded Nicola Sturgeon, whose stint of eight years and 128 days in the job makes her Scotland's longest-serving first minister. Humza Yousaf has signalled his intention to resign as first minister, but he hasn’t yet done so formally.
Yousaf narrowly misses out on becoming Scotland's shortest-serving first minister by just 20 days. So the 28-day countdown for getting a new first minister has not yet started.
In 2001, Labour's Henry McLeish resigned after one year and 12 days following an expenses scandal surrounding his office. He intends to stay in post until his successor as SNP leader
Depending on how long the SNP leadership contest to replace him takes, Yousaf could also surpass Donald Dewar's tenure in office. Scotland's first minister served for one year and 147 days, and died in office. is elected, much as Nicola Sturgeon did.
The votes of no confidence in him and his government, tabled
by the Conservatives and Labour, look likely to go ahead to allow
MSPs to give their verdict on his time in power.
But his decision to stand down has lanced the festering boil
of the Greens’ fury and they won’t now back those motions.
This means the no confidence votes are
unlikely to pass, buying the SNP more time to sort itself out.
The party has still to set out what the timetable for a
leadership election will be.
There’s clearly hope in some quarters that a contest
can be avoided, while others warn against a coronation.
Kate Forbes is being encouraged to stand again.
But many
senior politicians are swinging in behind John Swinney, who is viewed as a safe
pair of hands to see the SNP through this turbulent time.
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