First Yousaf government

First Yousaf government

10th Government of Scotland
2023 – 2024
Yousaf's reshuffled cabinet inside Bute House, 2024
Date formed29 March 2023
Date dissolved25 April 2024
People and organisations
MonarchCharles III
First MinisterHumza Yousaf
Deputy First MinisterShona Robison
Member parties
  •   Scottish National Party
  •   Scottish Greens
Status in legislatureMajority (coalition)
cooperation and confidence and supply agreement between the SNP and the Greens
70 / 129 (54%)




Opposition cabinetOpposition Parties
Opposition party
Opposition leaderDouglas Ross
History
Legislature term6th Scottish Parliament
PredecessorThird Sturgeon government
SuccessorSecond Yousaf government
This article is part of
a series about
Humza Yousaf
Secretary for Justice (2018–2021)
Health Secretary (2021–2023)
Leader of the SNP (2023–2024)

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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "SNP's power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens collapses". BBC. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.