As Nicola Sturgeon becomes Scotland’s longest-serving first minister, BBC Scotland follows how she rose to the nation’s highest office.
Her entry into full-time politics came when she was elected to the new Scottish Parliament in 1999 as a Glasgow regional MSP.
She has gone on to guide the SNP to wins in three general elections and two Holyrood ballots.
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