Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes will stand down at next year's Holyrood election. The Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch MSP, ...

John Swinney is elected as Scotland's seventh first minister after becoming the new SNP leader He is expected to be confirmed in the role and sworn in at a ceremony on Wednesday Swinney was voted ...

Scotland First Minister Humza Yousaf and his wife Nadia El-Nakla leave Bute House, Edinburgh, Scotland, the official residence of the First Minister, after he announced that he will resign as SNP ...

After eight years, Nicola Sturgeon has unexpectedly resigned as the first minister of Scotland. Her shock departure could mark a new chapter in the Scottish fight for independence.

“Being First Minister of the country I love has been a profound honor. I have led Scotland through good times, but also through the toughest period of our recent history,” Sturgeon added.

March 28 (UPI) --Scottish Parliament on Tuesday voted to officially nominate Humza Yousaf as its next first minister. Members of parliament voted 71-57 to select Yousaf out of a field of four ...

Salmond served as first minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014, and was leader of the Scottish National Party on two occasions, from 1990 to 2000, and from 2004 to 2014.

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes has announced she will not be running for re-election as an MSP next year.The ...