 Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing
Nicola Sturgeon was born in Irvine, Ayrshire in 1970. She was educated at Greenwood Academy, Irvine and Glasgow University where she studied Law and was awarded LLB (Hons) and Diploma in Legal Practice.
Before entering the Scottish Parliament she worked as a solicitor at the Drumchapel Law and Money Advice Centre in Glasgow.
Nicola was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 1999 and again in 2003, representing the Glasgow Region. She was elected as MSP for the Glasgow Govan constituency in 2007.
Nicola joined the Scottish National Party in 1986. She is a former Convenor of the Youth Wing and a former National Vice-Convenor for Youth Affairs. She has been a member of the National Executive since 1992. Since entering the Scottish Parliament in 1999, she has been the party’s spokesperson on Education, Health & Community Care and Justice. In September 2004, she was elected Deputy Leader of the Scottish National Party.
In May 2007, Nicola was appointed Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, with responsibility for the NHS, health service reform, allied healthcare services, acute and primary services, performance, quality and improvement framework, health promotion, sport, public health, health improvement, pharmaceutical services, food safety and dentistry, community care, older people, mental health, learning disability, substance misuse, social inclusion, equalities, anti-poverty measures, housing and regeneration.
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