Mr Yousaf began hias career as a political staffer and is now First Minister.
Humza Yousaf’s rise to the top of Scottish politics reached its peak on March 27 last year – but what followed may not have lived up to his expectations.
Mr Yousaf has spoken repeatedly about how his family hoped he would become a doctor or a lawyer, but instead he chose to study politics at Glasgow University, joining the SNP in 2005. It would not be long until the young MSP found himself in the cabinet, becoming justice secretary in 2018. It would face a number of changes by the Government before it eventually passed, but would take years to be enacted, with the law only going live on April 1 this year.
He narrowly defeating Kate Forbes – who attacked his record in Government in one of the most blatant examples of civil war within the party since the SNP took office – by 52% to 48% in the second round of voting.
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