Last minute: After Hamza Yusuf won the leadership race, which started after the resignation of Scottish Regional Prime Minister and SNP Chairman Nicola Sturgeon, both as prime minister and party leader, voting was held in the Scottish Parliament yesterday.
Hamza Yusuf, a Muslim of Pakistani origin, won the majority in the parliament with 71 votes.
Thus Hamza Yusuf became the new Scottish Regional Prime Minister.
Hamza Yusuf’s mother, whose father was of Pakistani descent and immigrated to Scotland in the 1960s, was born in Kenya to a South Asian family.
HAMZA YUSUF, NEW LEADER OF THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY
Hamza Yusuf, a Muslim of Pakistani origin, won the leadership race that started after Nicola Sturgeon resigned from both the prime minister and the party chairmanship yesterday.
Yusuf, who won the race with 26 thousand 32 votes after the voting that started on 13 March and lasted for 14 days by the SNP members, became the new leader of the party.
Hamza Yusuf, 37, of Pakistani origin, who was born in Glasgow, Scotland, won 52 percent of the votes of the party members, surpassing his rivals Kate Forbes and Ash Regan.
While his opponents were against same-sex marriage and the right to abortion during the campaign, Hamza Yusuf declared that he would defend LGBT rights.
Hamza Yusuf also said in a statement after the results were announced that he was “determined” to bring independence to Scotland as a team with his party.
Emphasizing that the Scottish people need independence more than ever, Yusuf said, “We will be the generation that will provide it.” he said. (AA)