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Humza Yousaf, who was confirmed as Scotland’s First Minister on Tuesday, has appointed a new minister for children.

Yousaf was elected leader Scotland's new First Minister after a vote in the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday.

He succeeds Nicola Sturgeon who announced in February that she would resign after more than eight years in the job.

Yousaf is the country's sixth first minister and first from an ethnic minority background. At 37 he is Scotland's youngest First Minister, and the first Muslim to lead a major UK party.

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