Donald Dewar became what is officially known as "First Minister" in 1999, and was the first person to hold the office.
Scotlands First Minister is Alex Salmond.
Scotland does not have it's own Prime Minister. The Prime Minister of the UK is also the Prime Minister of Scotland.
Post of First Minister is for the 4 years between Holyrood Elections
Alex Salmond is the First Minister.
Scotland's First Minister is Alex Salmond.
Donald Dewar was the very first First Minister. He was a member of the Labour party and was First Minister from May 1999 until his death in October 2000.
The American President has a lot more power because the USA is bigger than Scotland. Scotland's first minister still has a higher power which is the British Prime Minister. Besides the President of the USA can be considered the most powerful person in the world at the time because the USA is such a powerful country.
John.A.Macdonald was the first prime minister of Canada
Wales has a Prime Minister, who is called a First Minister, to distiguish them from the British Prime Minister.
He was the first prime minister of Canada.
Tajuddin Ahmad was the First Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India.