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Nicola Sturgeon | |
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| First Meenister o Scotland | |
| In office 20 November 2014 – 28 March 2023 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II Charles III |
| Depute | John Swinney |
| Precedit bi | Alex Salmond |
| Succeedit bi | Humza Yousaf |
| Leader o the Scots National Pairty | |
| In office 14 November 2014 – 27 Mairch 2023 | |
| Depute | Keith Brown |
| Precedit bi | Alex Salmond |
| Succeedit bi | Humza Yousaf |
| Deputy First Meenister o Scotland | |
| In office 17 Mey 2007 – 19 November 2014 | |
| First Meenister | Alex Salmond |
| Precedit bi | Nicol Stephen |
| Succeedit bi | John Swinney |
| Cabinet Secretar for Infrastructur, Investment an Ceeties | |
| In office 5 September 2012 – 19 November 2014 | |
| First Meenister | Alex Salmond |
| Precedit bi | Alex Neil |
| Succeedit bi | Keith Brown |
| Cabinet Secretar for Heal an Wellbein | |
| In office 17 Mey 2007 – 5 September 2012 | |
| First Meenister | Alex Salmond |
| Precedit bi | Andy Kerr |
| Succeedit bi | Alex Neil |
| Depute Leader o the Scots National Pairty | |
| In office 3 September 2004 – 14 November 2014 | |
| Leader | Alex Salmond |
| Precedit bi | Roseanna Cunningham |
| Succeedit bi | Stewart Hosie |
| Memmer o the Scots Pairlament for Glasgow Southside | |
| Assumed office 6 Mey 2011 | |
| Precedit bi | Constituency creatit |
| Majority | 9,593 (38.5%) |
| Memmer o the Scots Pairlament for Glesga Govan | |
| In office 3 Mey 2007 – 5 Mey 2011 | |
| Precedit bi | Gordon Jackson |
| Succeedit bi | Constituency abolished |
| Memmer o the Scots Pairlament for Glesga | |
| In office 6 Mey 1999 – 3 Mey 2007 | |
| Precedit bi | Constituency creatit |
| Succeedit bi | Bob Doris |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon 19 Julie 1970 Irvine, Scotland |
| Poleetical pairty | Scots National Pairty |
| Spoose(s) | Peter Murrell |
| Residence | Bute House |
| Alma mater | Varsity o Glesga |
| Profession | Solicitor |
Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon (born 19 Julie 1970) wis the langest-serrin First Mienister o Scotland an leader o the Scots National Pairty (SNP), in office frae the 20t November 2014 til the 28t Mairch 2023. She is the furst wuman tae haud baith posietions, and is the fift First Mienister. Sturgeon haes been a memmer o the Scots Pairlament syne 1999, first as a addietional memmer for the Glesga electoral region frae 1999 tae 2007, an as the memmer for Glesga Soothside syne 2007 (kent as Glesga Govan frae 2007 tae 2011).
A law graduate o the Varsity o Glesga, Sturgeon wirkit as a solicitor in Glesga. Efter bein eleckit tae the Scots Pairlament, she serd successively as the SNP's shadae mienister for eddication, heal an juistice. In 2004 she annunced that she wad staund as a candidate for the SNP leadership efter John Swinney demittit. Hounaiver, she efter quat the contest in favour o Alex Salmond, staundin insteid as depute leader on a jynt ticket wi Salmond.
Baith Sturgeon an Salmond wis syne electit, an seein as Salmond wis still a MP in the Hoose o Commons, Sturgeon led the SNP in the Scots Pairlament frae 2004 tae 2007. The SNP wan the hiechest nummer o seats in the Scots Pairlament in the 2007 election an Salmond wis syne appyntit First Mienister. He appyntit Sturgeon as Depute First Meenister an Cabinet Secretar for Heal an Wellbein. She wis appyntit as Cabinet Secretar for Infrastructur, Investment an Cieties in 2012.
Follaein the defait o the "Yes" campaign in the 2014 Scots unthirldom referendum, Salmond annunced that he wad be demittin as pairty leader at the SNP pairty conference that November, an wad demit as First Meenister efter a new leader wis chysen.[1] Naebody ither wis nominatit for the post bi the nominations shut, leavin Sturgeon tae tak the pairty leadership unopponed at the SNP's annual conference. She wis formally electit tae succeed Salmond as First Mienister on the 19 November.[2]
Sturgeon led the SNP in the 2015 general election, whaur the SNP teuk 56 o the 59 Scots sates, thair hiechest nummer o seats in the Hoose o Commons o the Unitit Kinrick. Thay teuk ower the Lieberal Democrats as the third maist biggest pairty in Wastmeenster and haed a 30% sweeng fae Labour.
Forbes magazine ranked Sturgeon as the 50t maist pouerfu wumman in the warld in 2016 an 2nt in the Unitit Kinrick.[3][4] In 2015, BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour cryed Sturgeon the maist pouerfu an influential wumman in the Unitit Kinrick.[5]
- ↑ Libby Brooks (19 September 2014). "Alex Salmond's resignation could give Nicola Sturgeon her day of destiny". The Guardian (in Inglis). Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ↑ Campbell, Glenn (13 November 2014). "The transition from Alex Salmond to Nicola Sturgeon". BBC News (in Inglis). Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ↑ "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women". Forbes (in Inglis). Forbes.com LLC. Retrieved 6 Juin 2016.
- ↑ "Nicola Sturgeon ranked second most powerful woman in UK". BBC News (in Inglis). 6 Juin 2016. Retrieved 6 Juin 2016.
- ↑ "Nicola Sturgeon tops Woman's Hour power list". BBC (in Inglis). Retrieved 1 Julie 2015.