The former SNP leader – who led Scotland from 2007 until 2014 – died suddenly during a conference in the city of Ohrid.
The Scottish Government is in talks with the Foreign Office to bring back the body of Alex Salmond from North Macedonia after the former first minister’s death on Saturday.
First Minister John Swinney lodged a motion of condolence at the Scottish Parliament on Monday while the flags at St Andrews House in Edinburgh have been lowered since Sunday as a mark of respect. Mr Swinney praised Mr Salmond’s “substantial and significant contribution that he made over many decades to public life”.
Tributes poured in over the weekend to the former first minister, who led the SNP in the 1990s and again between 2004 and 2014. He later quit the SNP and founded the rival party Alba in 2021, which he led until his death. In November 2023, Mr Salmond announced he would be taking further action, warning a “day of reckoning” for the Scottish Government was coming as he named former first minister – and political protegee – Nicola Sturgeon and ex-permanent secretary Leslie Evans in the case, accusing both of “misfeasance”.
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