Third Sturgeon government
Third Sturgeon government | |
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9th Government of Scotland | |
| 2021 – 2023 | |
Sturgeon's cabinet socially distanced outside Bute House, 2021 | |
| Date formed | 19 May 2021 |
| Date dissolved | 28 March 2023 |
| People and organisations | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II Charles III |
| First Minister | Nicola Sturgeon |
| First Minister's history | MSP for Glasgow Southside (2007–present) Deputy First Minister of Scotland (2007–2014) Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities (2012–2014) Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing (2007–2012) |
| Deputy First Minister | John Swinney |
| No. of ministers | 27 |
| Total no. of members | 27 |
| Member parties |
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| Status in legislature | Majority (coalition) cooperation and confidence and supply agreement between the SNP and the Greens 71 / 129 (55%)
Minority 64 / 129 (50%) (May–August 2021) |
| Opposition cabinet | Opposition Parties |
| Opposition party | |
| Opposition leader | Douglas Ross |
| History | |
| Election | 2021 Scottish Parliament election |
| Legislature term | 6th Scottish Parliament |
| Budgets | 2022 Scottish budget 2023 Scottish budget |
| Predecessor | Second Sturgeon government |
| Successor | First Yousaf government |
Nicola Sturgeon formed the third Sturgeon government following her Scottish National Party's victory in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. Sturgeon was nominated by a vote of the 6th Scottish Parliament for appointment to the post of First Minister on 18 May 2021 and announced the formation of a new Scottish National Party minority government on 19 May.
Sturgeon is the first First Minister to form a third government. Her cabinet, like her previous two, is 50/50 gender neutral. On 31 August 2021, the SNP and Scottish Greens entered a power-sharing arrangement which resulted in the appointment of two Green MSPs as junior ministers in the government, delivery of a shared policy platform, and Green support for the government on votes of confidence and supply.
Following Sturgeon’s decision to resign as Scottish First Minister and Leader of the SNP in February 2023, her government continued in a caretaker capacity until her successor, Humza Yousaf, was elected by the party at the end of the following month.