AILEEN CAMPBELL

'Aileen Campbell' (born May 18 1980) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP). Campbell was first elected to the Scottish Parliament on 3 May 2007 as a list member for the South of Scotland. At 26 years and 358 days, Aileen is the youngest MSP to serve in Parliament in the 2007–2011 session.
Campbell grew up on her parents’ tenant farm in Perthshire before studying Politics and History at the University of Glasgow.
Campbell was national convener of the SNP youth wing, the Young Scots for Independence. Since graduating, Campbell has worked as editor of construction magazine ''Keystone'' and was editorial assistant on the short-lived pro-independence newspaper, the ''Scottish Standard''.
Before her election to Parliament Campbell also worked for Nicola Sturgeon and as a researcher for Shona Robison and Stewart Hosie. At the 2007 Scottish Parliament election she was the SNP candidate for Clydesdale where she finished second.

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★ Scottish Parliament webpage]

★ aileencampbell.com