United Kingdom - Edinburgh - Launch of the SNP's 1999 Scottish Election Manifesto

The Scottish National Party's Nicola Sturgeon (right) listening to her party leader Alex Salmond addressing the media at the launch of the SNP's 1999 manifesto for the Holyrood election campaign in Edinburgh, Scotland. Ms Sturgeon was elected to the newly-created Scottish parliament in 1999 and went on to serve as the country's Deputy First Minister under Alex Salmond MSP and then as First Minister. At the time of the 1999 election she was working as a solicitor in the Drumchapel Law and Money Advice Centre in Glasgow. (Photo by Colin McPherson/Corbis via Getty Images)