Scotland: Humza Yousaf elected to become the new Prime Minister

Humza Yousaf becomes Scotland's first minister: a decade of polls suggest he'll struggle to deliver independence, just like Nicola Sturgeon

Humza Yousaf is to be the first minister of Scotland after narrowly winning the election for leader of the Scottish National Party. In his victory speech, he said he was “determined to deliver” independence for Scotland. But Yousaf only narrowly won the contest, which is a significant hindrance to this aim. Only SNP members were allowed to participate in the vote to replace Nicola Sturgeon as leader. A recent poll showed that had the election b…

Humza Yousaf wins contest to become Scotland's new leader

Yousaf, 37, who netted 52 percent of the final votes of SNP members, said he felt like the "luckiest man in the world" as he made his victory speech.

Humza Yousaf wins elections in the PNS and will be the next Prime Minister of Scotland

The son of a Pakistani father and Kenyan mother, Humza Yousaf is the first Scottish ethnic minority leader, and the first Muslim, to lead a major political party in the United Kingdom.

Scotland: independence activist Humza Yousaf to become Prime Minister

The pro-independence Scottish National Party elected its new leader on Monday 27 March. Humza Yousaf will thus become the new Scottish Prime Minister.

Who is Humza Yousaf, the new prime minister who wants to make Scotland an independent republic?

With Humza Yousaf, Scotland gets a prime minister who is popular with young urbanites. Whether he will take the whole country with him is still questionable. The p...

Health Minister Yousaf becomes Scotland's new prime minister

Es ist entschieden: Gesundheitsminister Hamza Yousaf wird der Nachfolger von Nicola Sturgeon. Die schottische Regierungschefin kündigte Mitte Februar überraschend ihren Rücktritt an. Nun stellt sich die Frage, wie es mit der schottischen Unabhängigkeitsbewegung weitergeht.