First Yousaf government | |
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 10th Government of Scotland | |
| 2023 – 2024 | |
 Yousaf's reshuffled cabinet inside Bute House, 2024 | |
| Date formed | 29 March 2023 |
| Date dissolved | 25 April 2024 |
| People and organisations | |
| Monarch | Charles III |
| First Minister | Humza Yousaf |
| Deputy First Minister | Shona Robison |
| Member parties | |
| Status in legislature | Majority (coalition) cooperation and confidence and supply agreement between the SNP and the Greens 70 / 129 (54%)
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| Opposition cabinet | Opposition Parties |
| Opposition party | |
| Opposition leader | Douglas Ross |
| History | |
| Legislature term | 6th Scottish Parliament |
| Predecessor | Third Sturgeon government |
| Successor | Second Yousaf government |
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Humza Yousaf formed the first Yousaf government on 29 March 2023 following his appointment as first minister of Scotland at the Court of Session. It followed the resignation of Nicola Sturgeon as first minister and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) on 15 February, triggering a leadership contest that Yousaf won.[1]
The Scottish Green Party voted to remain in government with the SNP, which saw Yousaf's administration continue with the Bute House agreement, a pro-independence majority government. His cabinet consists of seven women and three men, the first majority women cabinet.
Yousaf dissolved the power-sharing agreement with the Greens on 25 April 2024, and moved to form a new SNP minority government, the Second Yousaf government.[2]
On Monday 29 April 2024, Humza Yousaf announced that he was resigning after dissolving the power-sharing agreement with the Greens and two votes of no confidence were put forward - one by the Scottish Conservatives against him, the other by Scottish Labour against the whole SNP government.
- ^ Bland, Archie (28 March 2023). "Tuesday briefing: What Humza Yousaf's win means for Scotland, the SNP and independence". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ "SNP's power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens collapses". BBC. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.