Kate Forbes is theCabinet Secretary for Finance and Economy.
After Scotland's first minister for more than eight years, Nicola Sturgeon, announced her resignation at a news conference in Edinburgh, finance secretary Kate Forbes was seen as an outstanding candidate to succeed.
Here are 5 points on Kate Forbes:
- 32-years-old Kate Forbes is the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Economy in the Scottish Government. She is a member of the Scottish National Party and has served as Member of the Scottish Parliament for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch (Scottish Parliament constituency) since 2016 to the present.
- According to The BBC, Kate Forbes spent some parts of her childhood in India after her parents travelled there as missionaries when she was just six weeks old.
- Often touted as a potential successor to Ms. Sturgeon, Kate Forbes is a Gaelic speaker who is presently on maternity leave after having her first child.
- According to The Telegraph, As a practising Christian, she has previously noted that "politics will pass" while her faith is forever.
- The Guardian reports that Ms. Forbes is a member of the Free Church of Scotland, which conforms to a strict interpretation of the Bible and whose teachings conflict with many key SNP and Scottish government policies on gay rights and transgender issues.
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