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Name: Humza Yousaf becomes Scotland’s first Muslim leader
Uploaded: 2023-03-28T07:39:39.060Z
Duration: 51 s
Description: Humza Yousaf has won the race to become Scotland's new leader, its youngest and first from a minority ethnic background, charged with reviving a faltering independence movement after Nicola Sturgeon's long tenure. He is set to be sworn in as the first minister on Wednesday, becoming the first ethnic minority leader of a devolved government and the first Muslim to lead a major UK party.

Humza Yousaf becomes Scotland’s first Muslim leader

Published 28 March 2023, 7:19 am

Humza Yousaf has won the race to become Scotland's new leader, its youngest and first from a minority ethnic background, charged with reviving a faltering independence movement after Nicola Sturgeon's long tenure. He is set to be sworn in as the first minister on Wednesday, becoming the first ethnic minority leader of a devolved government and the first Muslim to lead a major UK party.

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