Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond will step down as leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) at its annual conference on Friday after Scots voted against independence in September. The head of the party for nearly 20 years and first minister for seven years, Salmond had his last parliamentary questions session on Thursday as he retires from the political frontline.
The SNP conference is taking place on Friday and Saturday in the city of Perth, north of Edinburgh, and his successor as head of the party will be 44-year-old Nicola Sturgeon. Salmond will be remembered as the man who gave Scotland its first independence referendum but then lost, with 45 percent against 55 percent voting in favour of Britain staying united.
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