Humza Yousaf has been elected as the new leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), succeeding Nicola Sturgeon who resigned in February.
On Monday, Yousaf defeated rival candidates Finance Secretary Kate Forbes and former minister Ash Regan in a ballot of party members.
Yousaf is expected to be declared Scotland’s sixth first minister.
Sturgeon, who was Scotland’s longest-serving first minister, announced last month she was stepping down after more than eight years in the job. It was the SNP’s first leadership contest in almost 20 years.
The result was announced at the BT Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh after the ballot of SNP members closed at noon, with a turnout of 70 percent….