Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie will attempt to wrestle North East Fife back from the SNP at the next Holyrood election.
The Mid Scotland and Fife list member has applied to stand in the constituency taken by Rod Campbell in a surprise victory at the 2011 election.
Although his political career has been mainly centred further south in the region, including serving as the Dunfermline and West Fife MP between 2006 and 2010, the planned switch would see him represent his home village of Strathmiglo.
Mr Rennie said: “An awful lot of the issues are different so adapting to the different politics is going to be one of the things I’ll be getting to grips with but I’ve had a bit of an induction over the last three years being the MSP for the wider region.
“I’ve decided, in order to seek a constituency, North East Fife is where I should be heading. It was hard to lose in 2010 in Dunfermline and sometimes it’s difficult to go back and try to recreate experiences from before.
“So this is a new area, a new venture and I’m really looking forward to it. To represent your home village is something that I would never had thought would be something I would ever be considering so I’m really looking forward to that.”
Mr Rennie also revealed he will make a renewed call, this time to incoming First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, for Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill to be sacked when the SNP leader is formally elected head of the Scottish Government today by MSPs.
Citing problems with the policy of the abolition of corroboration, stop and search tactics by Police Scotland and controversy over armed officers, he said he wanted to see a “more liberal justice minister” in place.
He added: “We are not against change, we are not against clamping down on crime in communities, but this blunderbuss method that they use is just not the kind of justice system that we are looking for.”
Mr Rennie will also urge Ms Sturgeon not to focus heavily on independence and govern for 100% of the population when she takes charge.