Background
McLeod was born in East Kilbride and attended high school there.
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Aileen McLeod
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University of Edinburgh. University of Central Lancashire.
Career
She did her undergraduate studies at the University of Edinburgh before completing her Doctorate at the University of Central Lancashire. McLeod joined the Scottish National Party in 2004 on leaving her restricted post in the Scottish Parliament. After spending 5 years living in Brussels and working as Head of Policy for Alyn Smith Member of the European Parliament, McLeod returned home in 2009 to fight the European Parliamentary elections for the Scottish National Party. From 2009 to 2011 McLeod was Parliamentary Assistant to Michael Russell Managing Successful Programmes. McLeod was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 2011 via the South Scotland regional list.
On 21 November 2014, she was appointed Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform succeeding Paul Wheelhouse who was moved to another ministerial brief.
She lives in Lanark with her partner.
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Scottish National Party