Title: Alex Salmond
Content:  Salmond was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 1999 and was one of its highest-profile members as Leader of the Opposition. He stood down as SNP leader in 2000, facing internal criticism after a series of high-profile fall-outs with party members, and was replaced by his preferred successor John Swinney, who defeated Alex Neil for the post. He resigned from the Scottish Parliament on 14 May 2001 to lead the SNP group in the House of Commons. During the prolonged parliamentary debates in the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq he voiced strong opposition to the UK's participation. In the aftermath of the 
Title: Alex Salmond
Content:  On 26 March 2021, Salmond announced he had joined and become leader of the Alba Party, a new pro-independence party, to contest the upcoming 2021 Scottish Parliament Election. While campaigning, he told The New Yorker that he did not want to destroy Nicola Sturgeon. "If I wanted to destroy her, that could have been done," he claimed. The party won zero seats but Salmond pledged the party would continue campaigning. "In only six weeks, Alba has established itself as a political force with which to be reckoned. Alba is now on the political scene and we intend to stay there," he told journalists.
Title: Alex Salmond scandal
Content:  The Alex Salmond scandal was a political scandal in Scotland concerning the behaviour of former First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, and his successor, incumbent First Minister Nicola Sturgeon between 2018 and 2021. There was an associated feud within the Scottish National Party (SNP) between Salmond and his supporters and Sturgeon and her supporters. A ministerial code investigation into Sturgeon conducted by James Hamilton concluded that she did not break the ministerial code over her conduct with Salmond. Salmond subsequently set up the Alba Party where shortly after, Kenny MacAskill and Neale Hanvey, two SNP MPs defected to the party along with several councillors.
Title: Alex Salmond
Content:  Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond (born 31 December 1954) is a Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014, currently serving as leader of the Alba Party since 26 March 2021. He was previously the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), serving two terms, from 1990 to 2000 and from 2004 to 2014. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Banff and Buchan from 1987 to 2010, when he stood down to focus on his role as First Minister, and then for Gordon from 2015 to 2017. Salmond was the Depute Leader of the SNP from 1987 to 1990 and was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) from 1999 to 
Title: Alex Salmond
Content:  six months after receiving it, and referred to it as "ridiculous frippery". On 7 November 2012, Salmond became the longest-serving First Minister of Scotland, when he surpassed the 2,001-day term of his predecessor, Jack McConnell. In 2012, Salmond indicated in a television interview that he had sought the advice of his law officers on whether an independent Scotland would be part of the European Union. The following year, it was revealed that the Scottish Government had spent almost £20,000 to prevent the disclosure of the content of the alleged legal advice, even though no such advice existed. Salmond has faced scrutiny for his closeness to Rupert Murdoch.
Title: Alex Salmond
Content:  become Convener of the Scottish Parliament's European and External Relations Committee.  On 15 July 2004, Salmond said that he would be a candidate in the forthcoming election for the leadership of the SNP. This came as a surprise because he had previously declared that he would definitely not be a leadership candidate. In the postal ballot of all members he went on to receive over 75% of the votes cast, placing him well ahead of his nearest rival Roseanna Cunningham. As he was not an MSP at the time, his depute, Nicola Sturgeon, took over as Leader of the SNP group and the 
Title: Premiership of Alex Salmond
Content:  The premiership of Alex Salmond began on 17 May 2007, when Alex Salmond was formally sworn into office as First Minister of Scotland at the Court of Session. It followed his Scottish National Party's victory in the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, where his party defeated the incumbent Labour First Minister, Jack McConnell, by just one seat. Salmond's premiership is the longest of any first minister and was dominated by the negotiations which led to the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. His premiership ended on 18 November 2014, following his resignation in the aftermath of the Yes campaign's defeat in the referendum. The 2007 election resulted in Salmond's Scottish National Party emerging as the largest party, having 
Title: Alex Salmond scandal
Content:  Alex Salmond was twice leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP; 1990-2000, 2004-2014) and served as First Minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014. After resigning in 2014, his Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, succeeded him as First Minister and leader of the SNP. In late 2017, the Scottish Government received complaints of sexual misconduct by Salmond. These became public some months later. In August 2018, Salmond resigned from the SNP in the face of allegations of sexual misconduct in 2013 while he was First Minister. In a statement he said that he wanted to avoid internal division within the party and intended to apply to rejoin the SNP once he had an opportunity to clear his name.
Title: Alba Party
Content:  Alex Salmond served as leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 1990 to 2000 and from 2004 to 2014, and as first minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014. His deputy and successor as first minister and leader of the SNP was Nicola Sturgeon who has held both positions since. Salmond resigned from the SNP in 2018 following accusations of sexual misconduct, which he denied. He was acquitted of charges made against him in a subsequent court case in 2020. Later that year, the possibility of Salmond leading a new party supporting Scottish independence was discussed, in the context of a feud between Sturgeon and Salmond, who accused Sturgeon's "inner circle" of plotting against him. Polling conducted in July 2020 reported that 40% of those who voted SNP at the 2019 general election would back an independence-supporting party backed by Salmond.
Title: Electoral history of Alex Salmond
Content:  This is a summary of the electoral history of Alex Salmond, the former First Minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014 and Leader of the Scottish National Party from 2004 to 2014 and 1990 to 2001, and a Member of the Scottish Parliament and a Member of the UK Parliament for various constituencies since 1987.

Question: Verify the following claims with "True" or "False": Alex Salmond has a predecessor too!
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