Alex Salmond, former Scottish chief minister, died this Saturday at 69 years old. Salmond, architect of the failure of the referendum in Scotland, collapsed this Saturday after giving a speech in North Macedonia. The causes of his death are unknown.
Salmond became leader, chief minister or first minister of Scotland in 2007, when he led an SNP minority government in the semi-autonomous Scottish Parliament, the first time the party had won the largest number of votes in ‘an election. Four years later, he led the SNP to a historic victory by winning an absolute majority in a voting system designed to create coalition governments.
He resigned from the SNP in 2018 and was replaced by Nicola Sturgeon, following allegations of sexual harassment for which he was later acquitted. He later founded and led the Scottish Alba Party.
