First Sturgeon government

First Sturgeon government
7th devolved government of Scotland
2014–16
Date formed	20 November 2014
Date dissolved	5 May 2016
People and organisations
Head of state	Elizabeth II
Head of government	Nicola Sturgeon
Total no. of ministers	25
Member party	Scottish National Party
Status in legislature	Majority
History
Legislature term(s)	4th Scottish Parliament
Predecessor	Second Salmond government
Successor	Second Sturgeon government

Nicola Sturgeon formed the first Sturgeon government on 20 November 2014, following the resignation of previous Scottish National Party (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.

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. Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was elected party leader unopposed at the SNP's annual conference on 14 November 2014. She was elected to succeed Salmond as First Minister by the Scottish Parliament on 19 November, and appointed by Queen Elizabeth II on the next day.

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. There were thirteen junior ministerial positions outwith the cabinet.

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