
MacAskill succeeds Salmond as Alba leader
The former SNP justice minister defeated Ash Regan to lead the party after the death of its founder.
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Ashten Regan is a Scottish politician. She has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Edinburgh Eastern since 2016. Initially elected to parliament for the Scottish National Party (SNP), she defected to the Alba Party. Regan served under First Minister Nicola Sturgeon as the minister for community safety from 2018 until she resigned in 2022 in protest against her government's Gender Recognition Reform bill.
The former SNP justice minister defeated Ash Regan to lead the party after the death of its founder.