Nicola Sturgeon
Politician
1970 –
Who is Nicola Sturgeon?
Nicola Sturgeon is a Scottish National Party politician who has been the Deputy First Minister of Scotland since 2007 and the Depute Leader of the SNP since 2004. She is also currently the Cabinet Secretary for Parliament and Government Strategy, the Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities, and the Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Southside.
Nicola Sturgeon became an MSP in the first elections to the Scottish Parliament in 1999, becoming the SNP's spokeswoman on justice, and later on education and health. In 2004, she announced that she would stand as a candidate for the leadership of the SNP following the resignation of John Swinney. However, she later withdrew from the contest in favour of Alex Salmond, but stood as Depute Leader on a joint ticket with Salmond. Both were subsequently elected and Sturgeon led the SNP in the Scottish Parliament from 2004–2007 until Salmond was elected back to the Scottish Parliament in the 2007 election.
The SNP won the highest number of seats in the Scottish Parliament following the 2007 election and Salmond was subsequently appointed First Minister of Scotland. He appointed Sturgeon his Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing.
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- Born
- Jul 19, 1970
Irvine - Spouses
- Peter Murrell
(2010/07/16 - )
- Peter Murrell
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Laws, University of Glasgow
( - 1992) - Diploma, University of Glasgow
Legal Practice Course
( - 1993)
- Bachelor of Laws, University of Glasgow
- Lived in
- Glasgow
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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