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First Minister
'''Alex Salmond''' is the 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 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]].
In 2007, he led the SNP to become the largest party in the Scottish Parliament. The SNP formed a minority government with Salmond as First Minister
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