Humza Yousaf

**Humza Haroon Yousaf** (; born 7 April 1985) is a Scottish politician. He was the leader of the Scottish National Party and the First Minister of Scotland from March 2023 to May 2024. He announced his resignation from both positions in April 2024.

## Career

He has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament since 2016, representing Glasgow Pollok. In 2021, he became health secretary during the COVID-19 pandemic and was responsible for the NHS' recovery and roll out of the vaccination programme.

In 2023, he was one of the three candidates hoping to replace Nicola Sturgeon as the First Minister of Scotland and leader of the SNP. On the 27 March 2023, it was announced he had won the leadership race. On 29 March 2023 he was confirmed as the First Minister of Scotland.

Yousaf was the first Scottish Asian and Muslim to serve as First Minister. He was also the youngest person to be First Minister.

On 29 April 2024, Yousaf announced that he was resigning as leader of the SNP and Scottish First Minister.

## Personal life

Yousaf was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 7 April 1985. He is the son of Pakistani father and Kenyan mother of Pakistani-Punjabi descent.

Yousaf was married to former SNP worker Gail Lythgoe from 2010 to 2016. In 2019, he married psychotherapist Nadia El-Nakla from Dundee. He has two children with her. In November 2019, Yousaf discovered text messages sent to El-Nakla by Craig Melville, an SNP councillor, with whom she was having a sexual affair, after using software to recover messages sent to her phone. The couple eventually filed for divorce however they later reconciled after Yousaf forgave her.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **office3**: Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
- **term start3**: 20 May 2021
- **term end3**: 28 March 2023
- **firstminister3**: Nicola Sturgeon
- **predecessor3**: Jeane Freeman
- **successor3**: Michael Matheson (politician), Michael Matheson
- **office4**: Cabinet Secretary for Justice
- **term start4**: 26 June 2018
- **term end4**: 20 May 2021
- **firstminister4**: Nicola Sturgeon
- **predecessor4**: Michael Matheson (politician), Michael Matheson
- **successor4**: Keith Brown
- **office5**: Minister for Transport and the Islands
- **term start5**: 18 May 2016
- **term end5**: 26 June 2018
- **firstminister5**: Nicola Sturgeon
- **predecessor5**: Derek Mackay
- **successor5**: Paul Wheelhouse
- **office6**: Minister for Europe and International Development
- **term start6**: 6 September 2012
- **term end6**: 18 May 2016
- **predecessor6**: _Office established_
- **successor6**: Alasdair Allan


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: Humza Yousaf
- **honorific-suffix**: Member of the Scottish Parliament, MSP
- **image**: File:First Minister Humza Yousaf (52784069858) (cropped 3).jpg
- **office**: First Minister of Scotland
- **monarch**: Charles III
- **deputy**: Shona Robison
- **term start**: 29 March 2023
- **term end**: 7 May 2024
- **predecessor**: Nicola Sturgeon
- **successor**: John Swinney
- **office1**: Leader of the Scottish National Party
- **1blankname1**: Depute
- **1namedata1**: Keith Brown (Scottish politician), Keith Brown
- **term start1**: 27 March 2023
- **term end1**: 6 May 2024
- **predecessor1**: Nicola Sturgeon
- **successor1**: John Swinney
- **office2**: Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Glasgow Pollok (Scottish Parliament constituency), Glasgow Pollok
- **term start2**: 5 May 2016
- **predecessor2**: Johann Lamont
- **majority2**: 7,105 (21.0%)
- **office3**: Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region), Glasgow

- **term start3**: 5 May 2011
- **term end3**: 5 May 2016
- **birth name**: Humza Haroon Yousaf
- **children**: 1
- **birth place**: Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
- **education**: Hutchesons' Grammar School
- **residence**: Bute House
- **alma mater**: University of Glasgow
- **party**: Scottish National Party
- **website**:
[https://firstminister.gov.scot/ First Minister of Scotland]
- **caption**: Yousaf in 2023