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== Early life ==

== Early life ==

Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon was born in Irvine, Scotland on 19 July 1970, the first child of Robin Sturgeon (b. 1948), whose mother was from the English city of [[Sunderland]], and Joan Kerr Ferguson (b.1952). Spending her school years at Dreghorn Primary (1975-1982) and Greenwood Academy (1982-1988), the future dictator graduated from the [[University of Glasgow]] with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1992. Her lecturer at Glasgow, Alistair Bonnington, remarked that he "failed to instill in [Sturgeon] the most basic rules of how the institutions of government work in the free world".<ref name="ts21" />

Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon was born in Irvine, Scotland on 19 July 1970, the first child of Robin Sturgeon (b. 1948), whose mother was from the English city of [[Sunderland]], and Joan Kerr Ferguson (b.1952) and she spent her school years at Dreghorn Primary (1975-1982) and Greenwood Academy (1982-1988). Sturgeon is said to have been cruel to her sister as a teenager, allegedly hacking the hair of her dolls.<ref name="dollgate">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3055283/Now-Sturgeon-faces-dollgate-SNP-leader-forced-DENY-hacking-hair-sister-s-doll-says-did-provocation.html</ref> The future dictator graduated from the [[University of Glasgow]] with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1992. Her lecturer at Glasgow, Alistair Bonnington, remarked that he "failed to instill in [Sturgeon] the most basic rules of how the institutions of government work in the free world".<ref name="ts21" />

Sturgeon was a solicitor until 1999. Her legal career ended when she was investigated for professional misconduct; Sturgeon hadn't sought a court order against a client's violent partner and lied about sending off a legal aid application.<ref>[https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1418932/Nicola-sturgeon-news-snp-latest-sturgeon-legal-career Nicola Sturgeon: The murky end to the SNP chief's legal career]</ref>

Sturgeon was a solicitor until 1999. Her legal career ended when she was investigated for professional misconduct; Sturgeon hadn't sought a court order against a client's violent partner and lied about sending off a legal aid application.<ref>[https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1418932/Nicola-sturgeon-news-snp-latest-sturgeon-legal-career Nicola Sturgeon: The murky end to the SNP chief's legal career]</ref>