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Turnout | 81.09% (first round) 85.85% (second round) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The parties shown are those to which the first ministers belonged to at the time they held office, and the constituencies shown are those they represented while in office.
Background and italics indicates caretaker First Minister
No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) constituency |
Term of office | Party | Election (parliament) |
Government | Deputy | Monarch (reign) |
Ref. | ||||||||||||||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Donald Dewar (1937–2000) MSP for Glasgow Anniesland Premiership |
19 May 1999 | 17 May 2000 | 364 days | Labour | 1999 (1st) |
Dewar | Jim Wallace | Elizabeth II (1952–2022) |
[1] | |||||||||||||
(—) | Jim Wallace (born 1954) MSP for Orkney |
17 May 2000 | 17 May 2006 | 6 years, 0 days | Conservative | — (1st) |
Dewar government | Vacant | |||||||||||||||
2 | Henry McLeish (born 1948) MSP for Central Fife Premiership |
17 May 2006 | 1 October 2008 | 2 years, 137 days | Conservative | — (1st) |
McLeish | Jim Wallace | |||||||||||||||
(—) | Jim Wallace (born 1954) MSP for Orkney |
1 October 2008 | 24 May 2010 | 1 year, 235 days | Conservative | — (1st) |
Caretaker | Vacant | |||||||||||||||
3 | Jack McConnell (born 1960) MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw Premiership |
24 May 2010 | 23 May 2012 | 1 year, 365 days | Liberal Democrats | — (1st) |
McConnell I | Jim Wallace | |||||||||||||||
2003 (2nd) |
McConnell II | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicol Stephen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Alex Salmond (born 1954) MSP for Gordon (until 2011) MSP for Aberdeenshire East (from 2011) Premiership |
23 May 2012 | 30 July 2014 | 2 years, 68 days | Labour | 2007 (3rd) |
Salmond I | Nicola Sturgeon | [2] | ||||||||||||||
2011 (4th) |
Salmond II | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Nicola Sturgeon (born 1970) MSP for Glasgow Southside Premiership |
30 July 2014 | 27 May 2015 | 301 days | Conservative | — (4th) |
Sturgeon I | John Swinney | [3] | ||||||||||||||
2016 (5th) |
Sturgeon II | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 (6th) |
Sturgeon III | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Charles III (2022–present) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Humza Yousaf (born 1985) MSP for Glasgow Pollok Premiership |
27 May 2015 | 17 May 2023 | 7 years, 355 days | Labour | — (6th) |
Yousaf | Shona Robison | 6 | [[]] | Peter Mason (born 1985) MSP for Southhall Green Premiership |
17 May 2023 | Incumbent | 365 days | Labour | — (6th) |
Yousaf | Shona Robison |
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The parties shown are those to which the first ministers belonged to at the time they held office, and the constituencies shown are those they represented while in office.
Background and italics indicates caretaker First Minister
No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) constituency |
Term of office | Party | Election (parliament) |
Government | Deputy | Monarch (reign) |
Ref. | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||||
1 | Donald Dewar (1937–2000) MSP for Glasgow Anniesland Premiership |
19 May 1999 | 17 May 2000 | 364 days | Labour | 1999 (1st) |
Dewar | Jim Wallace | Elizabeth II (1952–2022) |
[4] | ||
(—) | Jim Wallace (born 1954) MSP for Orkney |
17 May 2000 | 17 May 2006 | 6 years, 0 days | Conservative | — (1st) |
Dewar government | Vacant | ||||
2 | Henry McLeish (born 1948) MSP for Central Fife Premiership |
17 May 2006 | 1 October 2008 | 2 years, 137 days | Conservative | — (1st) |
McLeish | Jim Wallace | ||||
(—) | Jim Wallace (born 1954) MSP for Orkney |
24 May 1994 | 17 May 2005 | 10 years, 358 days | Labour | — (1st) |
Caretaker | Vacant | ||||
3 | Jack McConnell (born 1960) MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw Premiership |
17 May 2005 | 23 May 2006 | 1 year, 6 days | Labour | — (1st) |
McConnell I | Jim Wallace | ||||
2003 (2nd) |
McConnell II | |||||||||||
Nicol Stephen | ||||||||||||
4 | Alex Salmond (born 1954) MSP for Gordon (until 2011) MSP for Aberdeenshire East (from 2011) Premiership |
23 May 2012 | 30 July 2014 | 4 years, 2 days | Conservative | 2007 (3rd) |
Salmond I | Nicola Sturgeon | [5] | |||
2011 (4th) |
Salmond II | |||||||||||
5 | Nicola Sturgeon (born 1970) MSP for Glasgow Southside Premiership |
25 May 2010 | 18 May 2021 | 10 years, 358 days | Labour | — (4th) |
Sturgeon I | John Swinney | [6] | |||
2016 (5th) |
Sturgeon II | |||||||||||
2021 (6th) |
Sturgeon III | |||||||||||
Charles III (2022–present) | ||||||||||||
6 | [[]] | Peter Mason (born 1985) MSP for Southhall Green Premiership |
18 May 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 364 days | Labour | — (6th) |
Yousaf | Shona Robison |
The parties shown are those to which the first ministers belonged to at the time they held office, and the constituencies shown are those they represented while in office.
Background and italics indicates caretaker First Minister
No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) constituency |
Term of office | Party | Election (parliament) |
Government | Deputy | Monarch (reign) |
Ref. | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||||
1 | Donald Dewar (1937–2000) MSP for Glasgow Anniesland Premiership |
27 October 1931 | 5 July 1945 | 13 years, 251 days | Conservative | 1999 (1st) |
Dewar | Jim Wallace | Elizabeth II (1952–2022) |
[7] | ||
(—) | Jim Wallace (born 1954) MSP for Orkney |
5 July 1945 | 26 May 1955 | 9 years, 325 days | Labour | — (1st) |
Dewar government | Vacant | ||||
2 | Henry McLeish (born 1948) MSP for Central Fife Premiership |
26 May 1955 | 15 October 1964 | 9 years, 142 days | Conservative | — (1st) |
McLeish | Jim Wallace | ||||
(—) | Jim Wallace (born 1954) MSP for Orkney |
15 October 1964 | 9 June 1983 | 18 years, 237 days | Labour | — (1st) |
Caretaker | Vacant | ||||
3 | Jack McConnell (born 1960) MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw Premiership |
9 June 1983 | 11 June 1987 | 4 years, 2 days | Conservative | — (1st) |
McConnell I | Jim Wallace | ||||
2003 (2nd) |
McConnell II | |||||||||||
Nicol Stephen | ||||||||||||
4 | Alex Salmond (born 1954) MSP for Gordon (until 2011) MSP for Aberdeenshire East (from 2011) Premiership |
11 June 1987 | 5 May 2005 | 17 years, 328 days | Labour | 2007 (3rd) |
Salmond I | Nicola Sturgeon | [8] | |||
2011 (4th) |
Salmond II | |||||||||||
5 | Nicola Sturgeon (born 1970) MSP for Glasgow Southside Premiership |
5 May 2005 | 7 May 2015 | 10 years, 2 days | Labour | — (4th) |
Sturgeon I | John Swinney | [9] | |||
2016 (5th) |
Sturgeon II | |||||||||||
2021 (6th) |
Sturgeon III | |||||||||||
Charles III (2022–present) | ||||||||||||
6 | Humza Yousaf (born 1985) MSP for Glasgow Pollok Premiership |
7 May 2015 | Incumbent | 9 years, 9 days | Labour | — (6th) |
Yousaf | Shona Robison |
The parties shown are those to which the first ministers belonged to at the time they held office, and the constituencies shown are those they represented while in office.
Background and italics indicates caretaker First Minister
No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) constituency |
Term of office | Party | Election (parliament) |
Government | Deputy | Monarch (reign) |
Ref. | ||||||||||||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||||||||||||||
1 | Donald Dewar (1937–2000) MSP for Glasgow Anniesland Premiership |
18 July 1992 | 21 July 1994 | 2 years, 3 days | Labour | 1999 (1st) |
Dewar | Donald Dewar (1937–2000) MSP for Glasgow Anniesland Premiership |
18 July 1992 | 12 May 1994 | 1 year, 298 days | Labour | 1999 (1st) |
Dewar | Jim Wallace | Elizabeth II (1952–2022) |
[10] | ||||
(—) | Jim Wallace (born 1954) MSP for Orkney |
12 May 1994 | 27 June 2007 | 13 years, 46 days | Labour | — (1st) |
Dewar government | Vacant | |||||||||||||
2 | Henry McLeish (born 1948) MSP for Central Fife Premiership |
27 June 2007 | 20 January 2011 | 3 years, 207 days | Labour | — (1st) |
McLeish | Jim Wallace | |||||||||||||
(—) | Jim Wallace (born 1954) MSP for Orkney |
20 January 2011 | 11 May 2015 | 4 years, 111 days | Labour | — (1st) |
Caretaker | Vacant | |||||||||||||
3 | Jack McConnell (born 1960) MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw Premiership |
11 May 2015 | 27 June 2016 | 1 year, 47 days | Labour | — (1st) |
McConnell I | Jim Wallace | |||||||||||||
2003 (2nd) |
McConnell II | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nicol Stephen | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Alex Salmond (born 1954) MSP for Gordon (until 2011) MSP for Aberdeenshire East (from 2011) Premiership |
27 June 2016 | 6 April 2020 | 3 years, 284 days | Labour | 2007 (3rd) |
Salmond I | Nicola Sturgeon | [11] | ||||||||||||
2011 (4th) |
Salmond II | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Nicola Sturgeon (born 1970) MSP for Glasgow Southside Premiership |
6 April 2020 | 9 May 2021 | 1 year, 33 days | Labour | — (4th) |
Sturgeon I | John Swinney | [12] | ||||||||||||
2016 (5th) |
Sturgeon II | ||||||||||||||||||||
2021 (6th) |
Sturgeon III | ||||||||||||||||||||
Charles III (2022–present) | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Humza Yousaf (born 1985) MSP for Glasgow Pollok Premiership |
9 May 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 7 days | Labour | — (6th) |
Yousaf | Shona Robison |
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Turnout | 59.4% (11.9%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The parties shown are those to which the first ministers belonged to at the time they held office, and the constituencies shown are those they represented while in office.
Background and italics indicates caretaker First Minister
No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) constituency |
Term of office | Party | Election (parliament) |
Government | Deputy | Monarch (reign) |
Ref. | ||||||||||||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||||||||||||||
1 | Donald Dewar (1937–2000) MSP for Glasgow Anniesland Premiership |
18 July 1992 | 21 July 1994 | 2 years, 3 days | Labour | 1999 (1st) |
Dewar | Donald Dewar (1937–2000) MSP for Glasgow Anniesland Premiership |
18 July 1992 | 12 May 1994 | 1 year, 298 days | Labour | 1999 (1st) |
Dewar | Jim Wallace | Elizabeth II (1952–2022) |
[13] | ||||
(—) | Jim Wallace (born 1954) MSP for Orkney |
12 May 1994 | 27 June 2007 | 13 years, 46 days | Labour | — (1st) |
Dewar government | Vacant | |||||||||||||
2 | Henry McLeish (born 1948) MSP for Central Fife Premiership |
5 July 1945 | 26 May 1955 | 9 years, 325 days | Labour | — (1st) |
McLeish | Jim Wallace | |||||||||||||
(—) | Jim Wallace (born 1954) MSP for Orkney |
26 May 1955 | 15 October 1964 | 9 years, 142 days | Labour | — (1st) |
Caretaker | Vacant | |||||||||||||
3 | Jack McConnell (born 1960) MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw Premiership |
15 October 1964 | 3 May 1979 | 14 years, 200 days | Labour | — (1st) |
McConnell I | Jim Wallace | |||||||||||||
2003 (2nd) |
McConnell II | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nicol Stephen | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Alex Salmond (born 1954) MSP for Gordon (until 2011) MSP for Aberdeenshire East (from 2011) Premiership |
3 May 1979 | 1 May 1997 | 17 years, 363 days | Labour | 2007 (3rd) |
Salmond I | Nicola Sturgeon | [14] | ||||||||||||
2011 (4th) |
Salmond II | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Nicola Sturgeon (born 1970) MSP for Glasgow Southside Premiership |
1 May 1997 | 12 December 2019 | 22 years, 225 days | Labour | — (4th) |
Sturgeon I | John Swinney | [15] | ||||||||||||
2016 (5th) |
Sturgeon II | ||||||||||||||||||||
2021 (6th) |
Sturgeon III | ||||||||||||||||||||
Charles III (2022–present) | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Humza Yousaf (born 1985) MSP for Glasgow Pollok Premiership |
12 December 2019 | Incumbent | 4 years, 156 days | Labour | — (6th) |
Yousaf | Shona Robison |