First_Sturgeon_government

First Sturgeon government

First Sturgeon government

Scottish Government led by Nicola Sturgeon from November 2014

This article is about the people in Nicola Sturgeon's government. For the events of Nicola Sturgeon's tenure as First Minister, see Premiership of Nicola Sturgeon.

Nicola Sturgeon formed the first Sturgeon government on 20 November 2014, following the resignation of previous SNP First Minister, Alex Salmond. Sturgeon, who had been Deputy First Minister under Salmond, was elected to succeed him by the SNP majority in the Scottish Parliament on 19 November 2014, before being officially sworn in in front of senior judges at the Court of Session the next day.

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Sturgeon's cabinet dissolved on 18 May 2016 following the 2016 election to the 5th Scottish parliament, which saw Sturgeon returning to office and forming a second administration.

History

Following the defeat of the campaign for Scottish independence in a 2014 referendum, then First Minister Alex Salmond, who had arranged the referendum, announced that he would resign as Scottish National Party leader and first minister after a new leader was chosen.[1] Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon took the leadership unopposed at the SNP's annual conference on 14 November 2014. This also effectively made her First Minister-designate, given the SNP's outright majority in the Scottish Parliament. She was elected to succeed Salmond as First Minister by the Scottish Parliament on 19 November, and formally appointed by Queen Elizabeth II on the next day.[2]

On 21 November 2014 Sturgeon's first cabinet was announced. It was formed of ten people: Sturgeon and nine cabinet secretaries. It was gender-balanced with five men and five women.[3] There were thirteen junior ministerial positions outwith the cabinet.[4]

Cabinet

November 2014 to May 2016

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Changes

Junior Ministers

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Scottish Law Officers

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See also

Notes

  1. Previously served as the Finance Secretary in the Alex Salmond administrations.
  2. The following members also attend the Scottish Cabinet, however, some are not required to attend every meeting.

References

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    Brooks, Libby (19 September 2014). "Alex Salmond's resignation could give Nicola Sturgeon her day of destiny". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
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    Campbell, Glenn (13 November 2014). "The transition from Alex Salmond to Nicola Sturgeon". BBC News. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
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    Brooks, Libby (22 November 2014). "Nicola Sturgeon announces Scottish cabinet with equal gender balance". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
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    Maddox, David; Peterkin, Tom (22 November 2014). "Nicola Sturgeon reshuffle brings gender balance". The Scotsman. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
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    "Ministers & Law Officers". www.scottish.parliament.uk. Scottish Parliament. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
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    "Deputy First Minister". 3 December 2014. Archived from the original on 3 December 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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    "Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities". 29 November 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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    "Cabinet Secretary for Fair Work, Skills and Training". 3 December 2014. Archived from the original on 3 December 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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    "Cabinet Secretary for Education & Lifelong Learning". 3 December 2014. Archived from the original on 3 December 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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    "Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing & Sport". 3 December 2014. Archived from the original on 3 December 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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    "Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Communities & Pensioners' Rights". 3 December 2014. Archived from the original on 3 December 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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    "Cabinet Secretary for Justice". 3 December 2014. Archived from the original on 3 December 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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    "Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Food & Environment". 29 November 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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    "Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs". 29 November 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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    "Permanent Secretary". 12 September 2014. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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    "Permanent Secretary's appointment and salary including any bonuses: FOI release". www.gov.scot. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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    "Lord Advocate". 3 December 2014. Archived from the original on 3 December 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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    "Nicola Sturgeon appoints Leslie Evans as new Scottish government permanent secretary". Civil Service World. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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