Mr Yousaf has long been viewed as a potential successor to Nicola Sturgeon, while Ash Regan is described as a rebel SNP MSP after resigning as community safety minister last year.
The Scottish health secretary Humza Yousaf and former minister Ash Regan have announced their bids to stand to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the SNP.
The pair made their announcements in the Sunday Mail newspaper, with Mr Yousaf describing the time sinceThey are the first candidates to officially declare their intention to stand. Mr Yousaf said:"You've got to put yourself forward if you think you're the best person for the job. And I do. This is the top job in the country, and it needs somebody who has experience."The Glasgow Pollok MSP has been viewed as a potential successor to Ms Sturgeon since he first entered Holyrood in 2011.
He has been a perennial frontbencher in every SNP administration since, but has become mired with controversy in recent years surrounding the Hate Crime and Public Order Bill - which faced criticisms over its impact on freedom of expression - and his stewardship of the NHS, which faced the hardest winter in its history in recent months.
Announcing her bid, Ms Regan said she believes she is the right person to"bring back unity, draw a line under certain things and move past them".She referred to getting the NHS"back on its feet" following the COVID pandemic, boosting the economy, creating jobs and dealing with the
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