Early Life
Nicola Sturgeon was born in Irvine, North Ayrshire and educated at Greenwood Academy, Dreghorn, and later studied law at the University of Glasgow where she graduated with an LLB (Hons) and Diploma in Legal Practice. At university, she was active in the SNP student wing through Glasgow University Scottish Nationalist Association. She worked as a solicitor in the Drumchapel Law Centre in Glasgow before becoming an MSP. She married Peter Murrell, the SNP's Chief Executive, on 16 July 2010. They had announced their engagement on 29 January 2010. Her mother, Joan, is a SNP councillor on North Ayrshire Council for the Irvine East ward since 2007.
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