FORMER First Minister Alex Salmond will be laid to rest at his funeral today.
The Alba Party leader’s family and friends will bid farewell at a private service at Strichen Parish Church in Aberdeenshire this afternoon.
Alex Salmond’s funeral will be held today[/caption]
The former FM’s body was flown back to Scotland in a saltire-draped coffin[/caption]
He died of a heart attack in North Macedonia earlier this month[/caption]
The political giant, 69, tragically died of a heart attack while at a conference in Ohrid, North Macedonia, earlier this month.
Close friends will deliver eulogies at his funeral, including Acting Alba Party Leader Kenny MacAskill, family friend and SNP MP Fergus Ewing and Alex’s niece Christina Hendry.
Alex Salmond was a titan of Scottish politics and forever changed the political landscape of the country.
He became leader of the Scottish National Party in 2004 and took the Nats from the fringes of politics to the party of government in 2007.
He went on to bring Scotland to the brink of independence, spearheading the Yes Campaign during the 2014 referendum.
After Scotland chose No in the historic vote, Mr Salmond resigned as FM, making way for his successor, Nicola Sturgeon.
But he remained on the frontlines of politics, becoming the MP for Gordon in the SNP’s landslide victory across Scotland, but lost the seat in the snap 2017 election.
