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The new Minister for External Affairs and International Development, Humza Yousaf, is widely viewed as one of the brightest of the SNP's intake from the party's 2011 landslide election victory.
Mr Yousaf's elevation to the ministerial ranks means that the 27-year-old becomes the first Muslim minister since the creation of the Scottish Parliament in 1999. But what has marked Mr Yousaf out since his election as an MSP last year is his status as one of Alex Salmond's favoured sons and his high profile in the media.
He previously worked in Mr Salmond's constituency office in Peterhead. He also worked for the first Muslim MSP, the late Bashir Ahmad, as well as formerSNP MSP Anne McLaughlin. He was also a communications officer at the SNP headquarters in Edinburgh ahead of his election as an MSP.