First Minister of Scotland

First Minister of Scotland is the chief executive of the government of Scotland. The current First Minister of Scotland is Humza Yousaf of the Scottish National Party, since 29 March 2023 after Nicola Sturgeon resigned. The first was Donald Dewar, who died in office in 2000. Alex Salmond was the longest-serving First Minister with over seven-and-a-half years in office. The official residence of First Minister is Bute House in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Humza Yousaf is the current First Minister of Scotland.

List of First Ministers of Scotland

No.	First Minister	Party	Term
			Start	End
1	Donald Dewar	Scottish Labour	13 May 1999	11 October 2000
2	Henry McLeish	Scottish Labour	26 October 2000	8 November 2001
3	Jak McConnell	Scottish Labour	22 November 2001	16 May 2007
4	Alex Salmond	SNP	16 May 2007	19 November 2014
5	Nicola Sturgeon	SNP	20 November 2014	29 March 2023
6	Humza Yousaf	SNP	29 March 2023	Present

Caretaker First Ministers of Scotland

• Jim Wallace (Scottish Liberal Democrats) - 11 October 2000 – 26 October 2000
• Jim Wallace (Liberal Democrats) – 8 November 2001 – 22 November 2001

Deputy First Ministers of Scotland

• Jim Wallace (Scottish Liberal Democrats) – 19 May 1999 – 23 June 2005
• Nicol Stephen (Scottish Liberal Democrats) – 27 June 2005 – 17 May 2007
• Nicola Sturgeon (Scottish National Party) – 17 May 2007 – 19 November 2014
• John Swinney (Scottish National Party) – 21 November 2014 – 29 March 2023
• Shona Robison (Scottish National Party) – 29 March 2023 – present

Residence

The official residence of the First Minister is Bute House. It is located in Edinburgh.