Nicola Sturgeon

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Introduction
Early life and political career
First ministership
- The 2016 Scottish parliamentary election, the independence referendum, and Brexit
- The Salmond scandal, the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, and the 2021 Scottish parliamentary election
- The stifling of indyref2, the blocking of the gender self-declaration law, and resignation

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