Nicola Sturgeon
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Nicola Sturgeon is a Scottish politician and current Deputy Leader of the Scottish National Party. Born on July 19, 1970 in Ayrshire, she was active in the SNP student wing through Glasgow University Scottish Nationalist Association whilst studying law at the University of Glasgow.
She was elected to the Scottish Parliament to represent Glasgow in 1999 and re-elected in 2003.
On June 24 2004, Nicola Sturgeon announced that she would be a candidate in the forthcoming election for the leadership of the Scottish National Party. However, when Alex Salmond announced three weeks later his intention to seek the SNP leadership, Sturgeon withdrew from the contest and declared her support for Salmond, standing instead for the Deputy Leadership. On September 3 2004 both she and Salmond were elected.
As Salmond is not currently an MSP, Sturgeon is likely to lead the SNP at Holyrood until the 2007 election, in which Salmond has pledged to stand.