Who is Humza Yousaf? All we know about Nicola Sturgeon’s replacement as SNP leader

Minister for Health and Social Care Humza Yousaf before the start of First Minster's Questions (FMQs) in the main chamber of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. Picture date: Thursday March 23, 2023. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

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Humza Yousaf has been elected as the new leader of the SNP, with the current Scottish Health Secretary defeating rival candidates Kate Forbes and Ash Regan in a ballot of party members.

Mr Yousaf has been standing in the tense five-week contest against Ash Regan and Kate Forbes after Nicola Sturgeon announced she would resign.