What is Alex Salmond?
{{refimprove|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] | name = Alex Salmond | honorific-suffix = | image = Alex Salmond, First Minister of Scotland (cropped).jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2007 | office1 = [[Leader of the Alba Party]] | deputy1 = [[Kenny MacAskill]] | term_start1 = 26 March 2021 | term_end1 = 12 October 2024 | predecessor1 = [[Laurie Flynn]] | office = [[First Minister of Scotland]] | monarch = [[Elizabeth II]] | deputy = Nicola Sturgeon | term_start = 17 May 2007 | term_end = 18 November 2014 | predecessor = [[Jack McConnell]] | successor = [[Nicola Sturgeon]] | order = <!-- Per the usage directions at Template:Infobox officeholder, do not add --> | office2 = [[Leader of the Scottish National Party]] | deputy2 = Nicola Sturgeon | term_start2 = 3 September 2004 | term_end2 = 14 November 2014 | predecessor2 = [[John Swinney]] | successor2 = [[Nicola Sturgeon]] | deputy3 = [[Alasdair Morgan]]<br />[[Jim Sillars]]<br />[[Allan Macartney]]<br />[[John Swinney]] | term_start3 = 22 September 1990 | term_end3 = 26 September 2000 | predecessor3 = [[Gordon Wilson (Scottish politician)|Gordon Wilson]] | successor3 = [[John Swinney]] | office4 = [[Scottish National Party#Deputy Leader of the Scottish National Party|Deputy Leader of the Scottish National Party]] | leader4 = Gordon Wilson | term_start4 = 26 September 1987 | term_end4 = 22 September 1990 | predecessor4 = [[Margaret Ewing]] | successor4 = [[Alasdair Morgan]] {{collapsed infobox section begin|last=yes|Parliamentary offices |titlestyle=border:1px dashed lightgrey;}}{{Infobox officeholder |embed=yes | office5 = [[Member of Parliament (United K