List of First Ministers edit
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency |
Term of office — Electoral mandates |
Deputy | Political party of FM |
Government | |||
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W. T. Cosgrave (1927–2000) Carlow–Kilkenny until 1927 TD for Cork Borough from 1927 |
17 May 1999 |
11 October 2000 |
Jim Wallace (Liberal Democrat) |
Labour | Dewar Coalition | ||
| 1999 | |||||||||
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| 2 | 
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Henry McLeish (1948–) MSP for Central Fife |
26 October 2000 |
8 November 2001 |
Jim Wallace (Liberal Democrat) |
Labour | McLeish Coalition | ||
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| 3 | 
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Jack McConnell (1960–) MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw |
26 November 2001 |
16 May 2007 |
Jim Wallace 2001–2005 (Liberal Democrat) Nicol Stephen 2005–2007 (Liberal Democrat) |
Labour | First McConnell Coalition Second McConnell Coalition | ||
| 2003 | |||||||||
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Alex Salmond (1954–) MSP for Banff and Buchan MSP for Gordon |
16 May 2007 |
Nicola Sturgeon |
Scottish National Party | Salmond Minority | |||
| 2007 | |||||||||
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