State or region
Scottish Government
Governs Scotland
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Source: data.parliament.scot, checkedWho sits on it
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First Minister
Elected by the Scottish Parliament
- John Swinney First Minister SNP · since May 2026
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Deputy First Minister
Appointed by the First Minister
- Jenny Gilruth Deputy First Minister SNP · since May 2026
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Sources for who sits on it
- First Minister data.parliament.scot · checked
- John Swinney as First Minister
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data.parliament.scot · checked - Deputy First Minister data.parliament.scot · checked
- Jenny Gilruth as Deputy First Minister
en.wikipedia.org
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Sources
- data.parliament.scot · checked Authority Scottish Government exists per its own site; membership and offices per the cited legislation (Scotland Act 1998 / Government of Wales Act 2006 / Northern Ireland Act 1998), read 2026-10-12. For: Scottish Government
- data.parliament.scot · checked Scottish Parliament open data API (members, MemberElectionConstituencyStatuses, MemberElectionRegionStatuses, MemberParties, Constituencies, Regions), read 2026-10-12: current 129 MSPs, constituency or region, party, start date. For: First Minister, Deputy First Minister, John Swinney as First Minister, Jenny Gilruth as Deputy First Minister
- gov.scot · checked Scottish Government, First Minister; parliament vote 19 May 2026 and swearing-in 20 May 2026 as reported by national media and the Second Swinney government record, read 2026-10-12. For: John Swinney as First Minister
- en.wikipedia.org · checked Second Swinney government, appointed 20 May 2026, read 2026-10-12. Fallback: Wikipedia, because gov.scot ministers page not fetched. For: Jenny Gilruth as Deputy First Minister
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