Former leader of the Scottish National Party, Alex Salmond dies at 69

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Sunday, October 13, 2024

Alex Salmond died on Saturday October 12, 2024. He was a former leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and was a member of the Scottish Parliament. He fell ill while at North Macedonia and collapsed at lunch from what appeared to be a heart attack shortly after making a speech in an international conference. Someone filed a report at around 15:30 to Ohrid police station. Emergency medical staff arrived and Salmond was pronounced dead at the scene.

Alex Salmons in 2022.
Image: Katie Chan.

Salmond supported Scottish independence from the UK and was the earliest first minister to do so.

Keir Starmer (the current Prime Minister in the UK and leader of the Labour Party), Rishi Sunak (the previous Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party), Ian Murray (Scotland's Secretary of State) and Andrew Neil (journalist) have responded to Salmond's death. Starmer said that Salmond 'cared deeply about Scotland and communities he represented'.


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