Who could be Scotland's new first 大臣 as Humza Yousaf やめるs? Will '少しの 解放する／自由な' Kate Forbes 開始する another 企て，努力，提案 for the SNP leadership? Or might John Swinney, Jenny Gilruth or Neil Gray be the 最高の，を越す choice of party members?
Humza Yousaf has やめる as Scotland's First 大臣 after little more than a year in Bute House.
The SNP leader 誘発するd an 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の 炉心溶融 by 解雇（する）ing the Scottish Greens as his 力／強力にする-株ing partners at Holyrood.
But Mr Yousaf was then left 直面するing the real 可能性 of losing a no 信用／信任 投票（する） in the Scottish 議会 after the Greens turned against him.
His 辞職 has left the SNP 直面するing a second 意見の不一致を生じる leadership contest within いっそう少なく than 18 months.
So, who might consider a 企て，努力，提案 to 取って代わる Mr Yousaf as SNP leader and first 大臣?
Kate Forbes
Kate Forbes was 辛うじて 敗北・負かすd by Mr Yousaf in last year's SNP leadership 選挙 as the party chose a 後継者 to Nicola Sturgeon.
The 34-year-old 安全な・保証するd 48 per cent of the 投票（する） to Mr Yousaf's 52 per cent after second preferences were counted.
Ms Forbes was 以前 the Scottish 政府's 財政／金融 長官, having become the first woman to 持つ／拘留する the 地位，任命する in February 2020.
She went on maternity leave in July 2022 - the first ever serving Scottish 閣僚 長官 to do so - and gave birth to her daughter Naomi in August that year.
Ms Forbes, who is married to Ali MacLennan,?has been touted as a 未来 SNP leader since entering the Scottish 議会?as MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch in 2016.
The daughter of missionaries, Ms Forbes spent much of her childhood in India.
She is a member of the 解放する／自由な Church of Scotland, いつかs known as the '少しの 解放する／自由なs', which is …に反対するd to gay marriage and believes there are few circumstances in which abortion is 正当化するd.
Ms Forbes has 以前 said she has been '有罪の' of 'tiptoeing around' her Christian 約束 in interviews.?
Ms Sturgeon's 行政 was （刑事）被告 of 急ぐing through its 議論の的になる gender 身元 改革（する）s in late 2022, while Ms Forbes remained on maternity leave, ーするために 妨げる a 可能性のある 反乱 by her.
Jenny Gilruth
Jenny Gilruth is the Scottish 政府's education and 技術s 長官 and MSP for 中央の Fife and Glenrothes.
The 39-year-old is married to Kezie Dugdale, the former Scottish 労働 leader.
事前の to entering politics, Ms Gilruth was a 第２位 school teacher in Edinburgh and Dunfermline.
In a stint as Scotland's 輸送（する） 大臣 between 2022 and 2024, she had to を取り引きする a 支払う／賃金 論争 between train drivers and ScotRail bosses.
Ms Gilruth has already been dubbed the 'Stop Kate Forbes' 候補者, with it thought 同盟（する）s of Mr Yousaf and Ms Sturgeon could 決起大会／結集させる 一連の会議、交渉／完成する her.
John Swinney
John Swinney was Scotland's 副 first 大臣 in Ms Sturgeon's 行政 at Holyrood, having 以前 been SNP leader between 2000 and 2004.
The 60-year-old has been an MSP ever since the Scottish 議会's 創造 in 1999.
He has held a 一連の 最高の，を越す 閣僚 職業s in the Scottish 政府, 含むing a beleaguered stint as education 長官.
He also deputised as 財政／金融 長官 during Ms Forbes' maternity leave.
Mr Swinney had been touted as an 暫定的な first 大臣 to 取って代わる Mr Yousaf while a new SNP leader is chosen, but today 示唆するd he might fancy the 職業 on a 十分な-time basis.
に引き続いて Mr Yousaf's 辞職, Mr Swinney said he was giving 'very careful consideration' to standing to be the next SNP leader.
He 追加するd he had been 'somewhat 圧倒するd' by messages from 同僚s in the SNP 勧めるing him to take on the 役割.
上級の 人物／姿／数字s within the SNP, 含むing long-serving MP Pete Wishart, former Westminster leader Ian Blackford, and fellow MP Alyn Smith have all called on him to stand.
He said: 'I've got lots of things to think about, there's the whole question of my family, and I have make sure I do the 権利 thing by family, they are precious to me.
'I have to do the 権利 thing by my party and my country. So there is lots to be thought about.'
Stephen Flynn?
Stephen Flynn took on the 役割 of SNP Westminster leader in December 2022 に引き続いて the 辞職 of Ian Blackford まっただ中に the party's 内部の 分割s.
He has been MP for Aberdeen South since 2019 and has made 成果／努力s to try and shed （人命などを）奪う，主張するs he is at the heart of a 'laddish' group of SNP 政治家，政治屋s in London.
On taking over from Mr Blackford he attacked 報告（する）／憶測s about a 'Tuesday Club' of 国家主義者 MPs.
He said it was 'upsetting' to be linked to a culture of beer and curry - （人命などを）奪う，主張するing he can 'barely stomach korma'.
The 35-year-old's possible ambitions to 後継する Mr Yousaf could be 妨げるd by the fact he does not sit in the Scottish 議会.
But there is precedent for an MP to lead a Scottish party after Douglas Ross took over as 長，率いる of the Scottish Tories in 2020.
Mr Ross's 前任者, Ruth Davidson, deputised for him at First 大臣's Questions before he was able to take a seat in the Scottish 議会 himself at the 2021 選挙.
Mr Flynn has recently been 偉業／利用するing 労働 分割s over the Gaza 衝突 at Westminster, with his SNP MPs vociferously 需要・要求するing a 停戦.
On Friday, he 示唆するd he would not stand to be SNP leader if Mr Yousaf were to 辞職する.
He told the BBC: 'I believe that the party leader should have the ability to be first 大臣 of Scotland.
'As y ou and all your listeners know I am an MP in Westminster, I do not have the ability to be the first 大臣 of Scotland, so I am sure people can read between the lines in that regard.'
Neil Gray
Neil Gray is the Scottish 政府's 現在の health 長官 and is 見解（をとる）d as a の近くに 同盟（する） of Mr Yousaf.
The 38-year-old is MSP for Airdrie and Shotts, having 以前 been MP for the 同等（の） Westminster seat from 2015 to 2021.
事前の to entering politics, Mr Gray worked as a 生産者 and reporter with BBC 無線で通信する Orkney.
He then became an SNP 研究員 at Holyrood and, later, an MSP's 選挙区／有権者 officer 経営者／支配人.
He joined the Scottish 政府's 階級s in January 2022.
?Angus Robertson
Angus Robertson was touted as a possible 交替／補充 for Ms Sturgeon ahead of last year's SNP leadership contest.
The 54-year-old is the Scottish 政府's 憲法 長官 and has experience of leadership within the SNP, having been the?party's 副 leader between 2016 and 2018.
He also led the party for almost ten years at Westminster while an MP.
Mr Robertson's （一定の）期間 as the SNP's Westminster leader ended in 敗北・負かす when he lost his seat at the 2017 総選挙.
This 誘発するd him to やめる as the SNP's 副 leader and he 始める，決める up a プロの／賛成の-independence think-戦車／タンク during his time out of elected office.
But he returned to frontline politics at the 2021 Scottish 議会 選挙, when he became MSP for Edinburgh Central.
When he 支配するd out a 企て，努力，提案 to 取って代わる Ms Sturgeon as first 大臣, Mr Robertson said:?'As the father of two very young children, the time is not 権利 for me and my family to take on such a 抱擁する かかわり合い.'
He 追加するd it was a '特権 and honour' that party 同僚s 手配中の，お尋ね者 him to take on the 職業.
