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Nicola Sturgeon and Patrick Harvie formed the second Sturgeon–Harvie coalition following the re-election of the  Scottish National Party and the  Scottish Green Party to government in the  2021 Scottish election. The coalition was agreed and the announcement of the deal was made on 17 May 2021.

Sturgeon was nominated by a vote of the 6th Scottish Parliament for appointment to the post of  first minister on 18 May 2021 and announced the formation of a new  SNP-Green coalition government on 19 May.

Sturgeon is the first first minister in the history of the Scottish Parliament to form a third administration.

Alex Salmond
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 * spouse             =  Moira McGlashan ​(m. 1981)
 * education          =  Edinburgh Napier University|Edinburgh College of Commerce