Scotland's first minister has been an SNP stalwart since she was a teenager.
She has resigned without achieving the one overriding ambition which first sparked her interest in politics as a teenager - Scottish independence.
Her ambition was undiminished and she went on to stand in a series of council and Westminster contests. The two politicians sealed a pact which saw Ms Sturgeon run as Mr Salmond's deputy - and effectively his representative in the Scottish Parliament, given he was an MP and not an MSP at the time. It was the failure of that campaign which led to her ascending to the very top of Scottish politics, with Mr Salmond stepping down in the wake of Scots voting No to independence by 55% to 45%.
In between those wins, she guided Scotland through the Covid pandemic, hosting daily briefings from the government's St Andrew's House headquarters.
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