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THIS is the past photograph of ex-First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond earlier helium collapsed and died aged 69 today.
Salmond was speaking successful North Macedonia astatine a enactment league with different politicians, diplomats, and authorities officials.
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Photos amusement him speaking connected a younker authorities enactment sheet held by The Club of Skopje successful the country's capital.
He was connected a sheet with the erstwhile President of Malta, erstwhile Israeli Minister of Justice, and a Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia & Herzegovina.
A radical of 18 snapped a photograph extracurricular the conference, with Salmond smiling adjacent to his party's chairwoman Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh.
He wore a pinstripe suit, bluish shirt, and bluish with achromatic polka dots tie.
The sheet was titled: "Young Leaders for International Cooperation, Cultural Understanding & Peace".
Salmond is the laminitis and person of the Alba Party successful Scotland aft helium divided from the Scottish National Party.
Tributes person flooded successful from crossed the governmental spectrum, including the Prime Minister and existent First Minister pursuing his governmental career.
He was First Minister of Scotland betwixt 2007 and 2014 and was a Westminster MP for Gordon betwixt 2015 and 2017.
He was the person of the SNP betwixt 1990 and 2000 and 2004 and 2014 earlier forming the breakaway Alba Party successful 2021.
The lawsuit was named the Ohrid Cultural Diplomacy Forum 2024 and was held by the President of North Macedonia.
Former First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond seen successful video posted hours earlier his death
The taxable for this year's lawsuit was: "Promoting Democracy, Unity and Peace done Cultural Diplomacy successful A New Era of Conflict and Violence."
Prime Minister Keir Starmer shared a tribute to his chap politico, saying the Scot near down a "lasting legacy".
"As First Minister of Scotland helium cared profoundly astir Scotland's heritage, history, and culture, arsenic good arsenic the communities helium represented arsenic MP and MSP implicit galore years of service.
"My thoughts are with those who knew him, his family, and his loved ones. On behalf of the UK authorities I connection them our condolences today."
Salmond was besides seen successful a video posted conscionable hours earlier his death.
The hour-long clip named Scotland Speaks was his accustomed play broadcast that aired astatine 10am each Saturday.
Today's occurrence features chosen clips from a September unrecorded signaling of The Ayes Still Have It! Salmond had hosted astatine an IMAX cinema successful Glasgow.
Salmond interviewed broadcaster Bernard Ponsonby portion his co-host Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh interviewed 3 women politicians.
A fig of different radical associated with his Alba party were besides contiguous astatine the amusement which was held to observe the 10th day of the failed Independence referendum.
Nicola Sturgeon speaks out
By Lewis Mckenzie, Political Reporter
Nicola Sturgeon, who was lawman First Minister to Salmond betwixt 2007 and 2014, said she was "shocked and saddened".
On X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, she wrote: "Obviously, I cannot unreal that the events of the past fewer years which led to the breakdown of our narration did not happen, and it would not beryllium close for maine to try.
"However, it remains the information that for galore years Alex was an incredibly important fig successful my life. He was my mentor, and for much than a decennary we formed 1 of the astir palmy partnerships successful UK politics.
"Alex modernised the SNP and led america into authorities for the archetypal time, becoming Scotland’s 4th First Minister and paving the mode for the 2014 referendum which took Scotland to the brink of independence.
"He volition beryllium remembered for each of that. My thoughts are with Moira, his wider household and his friends.”
The brace were adjacent governmental allies for respective decades but had a large falling retired aft allegations of intersexual harassment were made against Mr Salmond successful 2018.
In a two-part BBC documentary released conscionable past month, Salmond said helium “seriously” doubted whether helium would ever beryllium connected speaking presumption again with Sturgeon.
He told the broadcaster “A large regret that Nicola and I are nary longer connected speaking terms, and I earnestly uncertainty if that’s going to improve.
“Now, that’s a large pity due to the fact that I did bespeak that you shouldn’t accidental anything’s for ever, but that’s the mode it looks and that’s conscionable the mode it’s going to be.”
Also discussing their narration successful the documentary, Sturgeon said: “One of the hardest things astir the breakdown betwixt maine and Alex is the information that truthful galore of the champion moments of my life, helium is truthful integral to, and it’s hard present to look backmost connected them with conscionable unallowed pleasance and joy.”
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