Scotland’s Ruling SNP Gets First Muslim Leader
Humza Yousaf has been declared winner of the Scottish National Party leadership contest and is set to become Scotland’s First Minister replacing Nicola Sturgeon.
Yousaf, who has served as a Member of the Scottish Parliamentis is the first Muslim, non-white cabinet minister to have served in the Scottish Government winning 52% of the final votes cast.
Yousaf is currently Scotland’s health secretary and was widely assumed to be Ms Sturgeon’s preferred successor, although she did not explicitly back any of the candidates in the contest.
He recently said Britain had no right to veto Scotland’s gender reform bill, pledging to challenge London’s move to block a bill that makes it easier for people to change their legal gender.
The SNP is the largest political party in Scotland, where it has the most seats in the Scottish Parliament and 45 out of the 59 Scottish seats in the House of Commons at Westminster,
