Second Salmond government

Second Salmond government
6th government of Scotland
2011–2014
Salmond and his cabinet at Bute House, 2011
Date formed	19 May 2011
Date dissolved	18 November 2014
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
First Minister	Alex Salmond
First Minister's history	2007–2014
Deputy First Minister	Nicola Sturgeon
Member party	Scottish National Party
Status in legislature	Majority 69 / 129 (53%)
Opposition party	Scottish Labour Party
Opposition leader	Iain Gray (2011) Johann Lamont (2011-14) Jackie Baillie (2014)
History
Election(s)	2011 general election
Legislature term(s)	4th Scottish Parliament
Predecessor	First Salmond government
Successor	First Sturgeon government

Alex Salmond formed the second Salmond government on 19 May 2011 following his Scottish National Party's landslide victory in the 2011 election to the 4th Scottish Parliament. This was the first single-party majority government in the history of the devolved parliament. Salmond's second government ended on 18 November 2014 upon his resignation as First Minister of Scotland.