Peter Murrell

Peter Tierney Murrell (born December 1964) is the Chief Executive Officer of the Scottish National Party.[1] He is married to Nicola Sturgeon, the party's leader and First Minister of Scotland.[2]

Early life and education

Murrell was born in Edinburgh in December 1964.[3][4] He attended Craigmount High School and studied at the University of Glasgow.[5]

Career

Murrell has been Chief Executive Officer of the Scottish National Party (SNP) since 1999 when he took over from Michael Russell.[1] Previously he had worked in the Banff and Buchan constituency office of Alex Salmond, who was former party leader.[6] The party's success in the 2007 elections was credited to the organisation of Murrell.[7]

Murrell was formerly the Company Secretary of Independence Merchandising Limited, a now-dissolved company that included as its directors SNP politicians Pete Wishart and Stuart Stevenson.[8]

In January 2019 Murrell came under pressure to resign from Kenny Macaskill, former SNP Justice Secretary.[6]

Personal life

Murrell married Nicola Sturgeon in July 2010 at Òran Mór Glasgow.[2][9] They first met in 1988 when Sturgeon, who volunteered at the Banff Buchan constituency office of Alex Salmond, attended an SNP youth camp organised by Murrell.[10] Sturgeon and Murrell became a couple in 2003.[6]

References
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  2. "Nicola Sturgeon ties the knot — but she won't be calling herself Mrs Murrell". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  3. Henden, Amalie (21 April 2020). "Nicola Sturgeon husband: Who is Nicola Sturgeon married to?". Express. Express Newspapers. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
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  5. "Peter Murrell". Facebook. 2019-02-04. Archived from the original on 2019-02-04. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  6. "Who is Peter Murrell the SNP chief executive and why is he facing calls to quit?". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  7. Camp, Edwige (2014-12-20). "The Scottish National Party (SNP) : A Party of Government in the early 21st Century". Revue LISA/LISA e-journal. Littératures, Histoire des Idées, Images, Sociétés du Monde Anglophone – Literature, History of Ideas, Images and Societies of the English-speaking World (vol. XII–n°8). doi:10.4000/lisa.7008. ISSN 1762-6153.
  8. ltd, company check. "INDEPENDENCE MERCHANDISING LTD.. Free business summary taken from official companies house information. Free alerts. Registered as SC203193". Company Check. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  9. "Wedding for SNP's Nicola Sturgeon". BBC News. 16 July 2010. Retrieved 2019-02-04 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. Midgley, Dominic (2015-04-16). "Nicola the Queen of Scots: The story behind the fiesty SNP leader". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
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