Taoiseach / Prime Minister of Scotland. The present Taoiseach of Scotland is Alex Salmond, of the Peoples Party. * Born in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland on 31 December 1954, Salmond is the son of Robert Fyfe Findlay Salmond and the late Mary Stewart Salmond (née Milne), both of whom were civil servants. Salmond attended Linlithgow Academy and the University of St Andrews, where he graduated with an MA in Economics and History. He was first employed as an assistant economist in the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland from 1978.