Second Salmond government
Salmond's second government ended on 18 November 2014 upon his resignation as First Minister of Scotland.John Swinney, Kenny McAskill and Richard Lochhead all remained in cabinet, with Fiona Hyslop returning, having served as Education Secretary from 2007 to 2009.In September 2012, Salmond made a snap reshuffle in light of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.Robison oversaw relations for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and Constance saw matters of employment.Salmond announced his resignation as leader of the Scottish National Party on 19 September 2014 following the Scottish independence referendum; his resignation as SNP Leader took effect on 14 November when Nicola Sturgeon was elected unopposed to replace him.
governmentScotlandBute HouseElizabeth IIAlex SalmondNicola SturgeonScottish National PartyMajorityScottish Labour PartyIain GrayJohann LamontJackie Baillie2011 general election4th Scottish ParliamentFirst Salmond governmentFirst Sturgeon government2011 electionmajority governmentFirst Minister of ScotlandDeputy First MinisterHealth SecretaryJohn SwinneyKenny McAskillRichard LochheadFiona HyslopEducation SecretaryBruce CrawfordAlex Neilsnap reshuffle2014 Scottish independence referendumShona RobisonAngela Constance2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Gamesleader of the Scottish National PartyScottish independence referendumScottish independenceSocial nationalism Electoral HistoryMP for Banff and BuchanMSP for Banff and BuchanMSP for Aberdeenshire EastMP for GordonLeader1990 leadership election1997 referendum1999 election2004 leadership electionPremiershipInternational visitsFirst Ministry2007 electionAbdelbaset al-Megrahi's ReleaseGlasgow Airport attack2014 European election2014 referendumSexual harassment scandalAlba Party2021 electionIndyref2First MinisterThe Rt HonCabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities StrategyCabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable GrowthCabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong LearningMichael RussellCabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government StrategyCabinet Secretary for JusticeKenny MacAskillCabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the EnvironmentCabinet Secretary for Culture and External AffairsCabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital InvestmentCabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Capital Investment and CitiesCabinet Secretary for Health and WellbeingCabinet Secretary for Training, Youth and Women’s EmploymentCabinet Secretary for Commonwealth Games, Sport, Equalities and Pensioners' RightsMinister for External Affairs and International DevelopmentHumza YousafMinister for Public HealthMichael MathesonMinister for Energy, Enterprise and TourismFergus EwingMinister for Local Government and PlanningAileen CampbellDerek MackayMinister for Children and Young PeopleMinister for Learning and SkillsAlasdair AllanMinister for Learning, Science and Scotland's LanguagesMinister for Parliamentary Business and Chief WhipBrian AdamMinister for Parliamentary BusinessJoe FitzPatrickMinister for Community Safety and Legal AffairsRoseanna CunninghamMinister for Environment and Climate ChangeStewart StevensonPaul WheelhouseMinister for Housing and TransportKeith BrownMinister for Transport and VeteransLord AdvocateFrank MulhollandSolicitor General for ScotlandLesley ThomsonBBC NewsScottish Parliaments and Governments1st ParliamentMcLeishMcConnell I2nd ParliamentMcConnell II3rd ParliamentSalmond I4th ParliamentSturgeon I5th ParliamentSturgeon II6th ParliamentSturgeon IIIYousaf IYousaf IISwinney