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Nicola Sturgeon's successors as SNP leader? Six candidates for top job

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Nicola Sturgeon's decision to step down as First Minister and SNP leader has stunned the world of Scottish politics.The First Minister announced on Wednesday morning that she would quit after eight years at the top as soon as her party elected a successor.

But Sturgeon refused to say who she would prefer to take over from her in Bute House.Just three people have led the SNP since Alex Salmond took the job for the first time in 1990.Here are six of the likely candidates for the SNP leadership election which is set to dominate the political news agenda for weeks to come.The current Health and Social Care Secretary is one of the most high-profile people in the Scottish Government.Yousaf has come under fire recently for long NHS waiting times and for urging the public to “think twice” before calling 999 in September 2021.Before taking up his current role in May 2021, he was Justice Secretary for nearly three years.The 37-year-old was first elected as a list MSP for Glasgow in 2011 before becoming the Glasgow Pollok MSP in 2016.One of the bright young stars of the party, Kate Forbes was found as the favourite to succeed Sturgeon in a poll at the weekend.She was elected as an MSP for Sky, Lochaber and Badenoch in 2016.The 32-year-old from Dingwall came to prominence three years ago when she became Finance Secretary and delivered the Scottish budget on the day her predecessor Derek Mackay quit.Forbes has recently been on maternity leave after giving birth to a daughter in August.There have been concerns over her faith, as she is a member of the Free Church of Scotland.

She made an anti-abortion statement in 2018 and abstained on the Gender Recognition Reform Bill in December.Robertson was Ian Blackford’s predecessor as SNP

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