What is First Minister of Scotland?
{{Infobox official post | post = First Minister | body = Scotland | image = John Swinney - First Minister (53720492021) (cropped).jpg | incumbent = [[John Swinney]] | incumbentsince = 8 May 2024 | status = [[Head of government]] and [[Minister of the Crown]]<ref>{{cite web |title=The role and powers of the Prime Minister |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmpolcon/writev/842/m22.htm |website=Parliament.uk |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=28 December 2023}}</ref> | style = First Minister and [[Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland|Keeper of the Scottish Seal]]<ref>{{cite web |title=The Keeper |url=https://insideros.blog/2016/05/18/thekeeper-the-great-seal-of-scotland/ |website=insideros.blog |access-date=27 April 2024 |archive-date=14 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714215049/https://insideros.blog/2016/05/18/thekeeper-the-great-seal-of-scotland/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> <br/> (formal)<br />[[First Minister]]<br />(informal)<br />[[Right Honourable|The Right Honourable]]<br />(UK and Commonwealth) <br />[[Excellency|His/Her Excellency]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/nicola-sturgeon-named-as-global-advocate-for-un-gender-equality-campaign-37790006.html|title=Nicola Sturgeon named as global advocate for UN gender equality campaign|publisher=BelfastTelegraph|quote=UN under-secretary-general Ms Mlambo-Ngcuka said: “It is my honour to announce today her excellency Ms Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, as an inaugural HeForShe global advocate for gender equality.|date=6 February 2019|access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref><br />(international) | member_of = {{ubl|[[Scottish Parliament]]|[[Scottish Government#Cabinet|Scottish Cabinet]]|[[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]]|[[British-Irish Council]]|[[Joint Ministerial Committee (United Kingdom)|PM and Heads of Devolved Governments Council]]}} | department = [[Office of the First Minister]]<br/>[[Scottish Government]]<br />[[Scottish Cabinet]]<br />[[Scottish Parlia