UK Elections Info

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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Humza Yousaf

Born: 7 April 1985, Rutherglen, Scotland

Member of Privy Council - 17 May 2023

husband of Nadia El-Nakla

husband of Gail Lythgoe

son of Muzaffar Yousaf

Hutcheson's Grammar School, Glasgow

Glasgow University (- 2007)

Parliamentary Assistant

Minister for Europe and International Development (Scotland)	6 September 2012	18 May 2016
Minister for Transport and Islands (Scotland)	18 May 2016	26 June 2018
Secretary for Justice (Scotland)	26 June 2018	20 May 2021	(Reshuffled)
Secretary for Health and Social Care (Scotland)	20 May 2021	28 March 2023	(Reshuffled)
First Minister for Scotland	28 March 2023	7 May 2024	(Resigned)

5 May 2011	Glasgow	Scottish National Party
5 May 2016	Glasgow	Scottish National Party
5 May 2016	Glasgow Pollok	Scottish National Party	15,316	54.81
6 May 2021	Glasgow Pollok	Scottish National Party	18,163	53.75
27 March 2023 Humza Yousaf elected leader of the SNP and First Minister of Scotland.
7 May 2024 Rt Hon Humza Yousaf resigns as First Minister of Scotland, having resigned as leader of the SNP on 29 April 2024.