Yousaf is set to resign as a no confidence vote looms over him.
After being dumped from the Scottish Government , the Greens said they would back the Tory motion.
Her campaign got off to a dreadful start after she said she would have voted against gay marriage reforms if she had been an MSP at the time - and later suggested she shouldn't have children outside of wedlock. The 33-year-old from Dingwall came to prominence four years ago when she became finance secretary in dramatic circumstances and delivered the Scottish budget on the day her predecessor Derek Mackay quit.Gray has only been an MSP since 2021, but served as MP for Airdrie and Shotts for six years before that.Having helped run Yousaf's campaign in the leadership contest, he was made wellbeing economy secretary last year.He is seen as a safe pair of hands and has support in the SNP group.
The MSP for Clydesdale and only turned 31 in February but has impressed since being elected to the Scottish Parliament in 2021.Like Gray, she backed Yousaf in last year's leadership election and was rewarded with the Net Zero Secretary job when Yousaf became First Minister.Jenny Gilruth The Education Secretary also backed Yousaf to become leader and was given a place in cabinet afterwards.
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