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Who will replace Nicola Sturgeon? Scottish leadership contenders

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The First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon has announced she is standing down.

Potential candidates to be the new SNP leader include Angus Robertson, Kate Forbes, Humza Yousaf and John Swinney.

The current Secretary for Finance and Economy and a Gaelic-speaker, she was elected to Parliament in 2016 and currently on maternity leave after giving birth to her first child.

The 32-year old cabinet secretary for finance delivered the Scottish government’s budget in 2020 just hours after her predecessor Derek Mackay quit, and was the first woman to do this.

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