Alex Salmond served as first minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014 and was leader of the Scottish National Party on two occasions.
Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland who for decades championed Scotland 's independence from the U.K., has died. He was 69.U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer paid tribute to Salmond, calling him a 'monumental figure' of both Scottish and British politics.'He leaves behind a lasting legacy,' Starmer said in a statement shared on X.
'Salmond served as first minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014, and was leader of the Scottish National Party on two occasions, from 1990 to 2000, and from 2004 to 2014. Salmond, as then leader of the Scottish National Party, led the independence campaign in the referendum in 2014, but lost, gaining 45% of the vote.Salmond resigned from the SNP in 2018 in the wake of sexual harassment allegations. He subsequently formed a new party called Alba.Former U.K.
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