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{{Officeholder
|name= Alex Salmond
|image=
|party= [[SNP]] (formerly)
|spouse=
|religion=
|offices=
{{Officeholder/any
|position = First Minister
|location = [[Scotland]]
|number =
|terms= 11 May 2007 - 14 December 2014
|preceded= Jack McConnell
|former=y
|succeeded= [[Nicola Sturgeon]]
}}
}}
'''Alex Salmond''' is the former leader of the [[Scottish National Party]] which became the largest party in the [[Scottish Parliament]] in the election of May 2007. Born in [[Linlithgow]] in 1954, Salmond has an MA in Economics and History from [[St Andrews]] University, and worked in the civil service and for the Royal Bank of Scotland before being elected to the UK Parliament as SNP MP for [[Banff]] and [[Buchan]] in 1987. He first served as SNP leader between 1990 and 2000. In 2001 he stood down from the newly created Scottish Parliament while remaining an MP in the UK Parliament. He was returned as party leader for a second time in 2004, and has been re-elected to the Scottish Parliament as MSP for [[Gordon]].
'''Alex Salmond''' is the former leader of the [[Scottish National Party]] which became the largest party in the [[Scottish Parliament]] in the election of May 2007. Born in [[Linlithgow]] in 1954, Salmond has an MA in Economics and History from [[St Andrews]] University, and worked in the civil service and for the Royal Bank of Scotland before being elected to the UK Parliament as SNP MP for [[Banff]] and [[Buchan]] in 1987. He first served as SNP leader between 1990 and 2000. In 2001 he stood down from the newly created Scottish Parliament while remaining an MP in the UK Parliament. He was returned as party leader for a second time in 2004, and has been re-elected to the Scottish Parliament as MSP for [[Gordon]].