Humza Yousaf

The Right Honourable

Humza Yousaf

MSP
The Right Honourable; Humza Yousaf; MSP
	Yousaf in 2023
First Minister of Scotland
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 29 March 2023
Monarch	Charles III
Deputy	Shona Robison
Preceded by	Nicola Sturgeon
Leader of the Scottish National Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 27 March 2023
Deputy	Keith Brown
Preceded by	Nicola Sturgeon
First Minister
Ministerial offices (2018–2023)
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
	In office; 20 May 2021 – 28 March 2023
First Minister	Nicola Sturgeon
Preceded by	Jeane Freeman
Succeeded by	Michael Matheson
Cabinet Secretary for Justice
	In office; 26 June 2018 – 20 May 2021
First Minister	Nicola Sturgeon
Preceded by	Michael Matheson
Succeeded by	Keith Brown
First Minister
Junior ministerial offices (2012–2018)
Minister for Transport and the Islands
	In office; 18 May 2016 – 26 June 2018
First Minister	Nicola Sturgeon
Preceded by	Derek Mackay
Succeeded by	Paul Wheelhouse
Minister for Europe and International Development
	In office; 6 September 2012 – 18 May 2016
First Minister	Alex Salmond; Nicola Sturgeon;
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Alasdair Allan
Preceded by
Parliamentary offices
Member of the Scottish Parliament; for Glasgow Pollok
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 5 May 2016
Preceded by	Johann Lamont
Majority	7,105 (21.0%)
Member of the Scottish Parliament; for Glasgow; (1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
	In office; 5 May 2011 – 5 May 2016
Personal details
Born	Humza Haroon Yousaf; 7 April 1985 (aged 41); Glasgow, Scotland
Political party	Scottish National Party
Spouse(s)	Gail Lythgoe (m. 2010; div. 2017); Nadia El-Nakla (m. 2019)
Children	1
Parents	Muzaffar Yousaf ; Shaaista Bhutta
Residence	Bute House
Alma mater	University of Glasgow
Website	humzayousaf.scot; First Minister of Scotland

Humza Haroon Yousaf (/ˈhʌmzə ˈjʊsəf/;^[1] born 7 April 1985) is a Scottish politician. He has been First Minister of Scotland since 29 March 2023. He became Leader of the Scottish National Party on 27 March 2023. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, he is of Pakistani descent.

Yousaf was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 7 April 1985.^[2] He is the son of Pakistani parents.^[3]

He has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament since 2016, representing Glasgow Pollok. He supported Nicola Sturgeon. 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 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.

Yousaf is the first Scottish Asian and Muslim to serve as First Minister. He is also the youngest person to be First Minister.^[4]^[5]

Yousaf was married to former SNP worker Gail Lythgoe from 2010 to 2016.^[6]^[7] In 2019, he married psychotherapist Nadia El-Nakla from Dundee. He has two children.^[8]

Humza Yousaf Media

Official parliamentary portrait, 2011
Yousaf signs Nicola Sturgeon's nomination for first minister, 19 November 2014
Yousaf at the COP26 Climate Action for Health event, 2021
Yousaf at Scottish Government press conference on COVID-19 in 2020.
Re-created logo based from Yousaf's campaign announcement video
Yousaf is formally sworn in as First Minister, at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, March 2023
Yousaf launches the fourth Building a New Scotland paper
Yousaf meets with the International Monetary Fund's Gita Gopinath, June 2023
Yousaf with a group of primary school children at the launch of the Reading Schools initiative, August 2023
Humza Yousaf meets with Prime Minister of Pakistan.jpg

Yousaf with the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif, May 2023