The 37-year-old Humza Yousaf on Monday won the race to become Scotland’s new leader, its youngest and first Muslim, charged with reviving a faltering independence movement after Nicola Sturgeon’s long tenure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yousaf emerged victorious with 52 percent of Scottish National Party (SNP) members’ preferentially ranked votes, following a divisive three-way leadership battle triggered by Sturgeon’s surprise resignation announcement last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is set to be sworn in as first minister on Wednesday, becoming the first ethnic minority leader of a devolved government and the first Muslim to lead a major UK party. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Muslim Council of Britain called his election “momentous”. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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