The anointed heir to Nicola Sturgeon took power after a fractious leadership campaign in 2023 that almost split the Scottish Nationalist Party in the wake of her shock resignation.
Humza Yousaf bowed out as SNP leader today after fewer than 400 crisis and gaffe-filled days in charge of the country.
But he also created huge difficulties for himself. He made wild claims about gaining independence, a decade after the 2014 referendum. And he tried to introduce a new gender recognition law that would make it easier for teens to officially alter their sex, just months before a major medical review led to the pausing of medication for children.
But like fellow Scot David Moyes replacing Sir Alex Ferguson as manager of Manchester United in 2013, he inherited huge boots he could not fill, and an organisation creaking behind the scenes. He blamed the 'genuine mistake' on a misunderstanding following his recent break-up with his now ex-wife Gail.
Throughout his time in the role, he has faced opposition attacks over the performance of the NHS, particularly over A&E waiting times. The nine-second video shows Mr Yousaf - who was recovering from a ruptured achilles - travelling at quite some speed with his right knee being held up by the specialist device.
Mr Yousaf announced his plans to stand in the same Sunday newspaper as rival Ash Regan - now the Alba MSP who holds the deciding vote in the confidence vote against him Mr Yousaf's campaign, however, was not without challenge, with the early part taken up by questions over his vote on equal marriage in 2014, with former first minister Alex Salmond and former health secretary Alex Neil claiming he had been excused from the stage three vote over religious pressures – accusations Mr Yousaf has continuously denied.
Mr Yousaf told the BBC a number of Ukrainian men were elsewhere in the building when he made the remark. He said in an interview later: 'They of course were rightly saying to me that for many of them their families are not able to make it, not all of their families are able to make it. I don't think any of the women were at all offended or upset.'
'Many of these women could have male relatives fighting and dying on the Eastern front, defending not just Ukraine but the free democracies of our world. A worrying lack of awareness on display here.' But he struggled to get anything of note done during his tenure, amid declining support for the SNP in the polls.
Mr Yousaf launched the judicial review shortly after he became First Minister, but judges ruled that Mr Jack acted lawfully when he invoked Section 35 of the Scotland Act – brought in when the devolved Scottish Parliament was created.Earlier in April Scotland's gender clinic 'paused' the prescribing of puberty blockers after 'days of shameful silence and dithering' from the Scottish Government.
In a speech the First Minister vowed to continue for Scotland to leave the UK and rejoin the EU 'regardless' of how the party does at the next general election. The Hate Crime and Public Order Act was passed by MSPs in 2021, consolidating existing hate crime legislation and creating a new offence of stirring up hatred against protected characteristics, although sex has been omitted in favour of a standalone Bill designed to tackle misogyny.But the legislation has raised concerns about a potential chilling of free speech.
ASPS warned vexatious complaints could be made against people based on their views by political opponents.
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