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==Early life == Shona McRory Robison was born in [[Redcar]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire]], England, on 26 May 1966.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |last2= |date=5 September 2018 |title=Shona Robison |url=https://www.snp.org/your-team/shona-robison/ |access-date=2 April 2023 |website=Scottish National Party }}</ref> She attended [[Alva Academy]] in [[Clackmannanshire]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Shona Robison MSP |url=https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/shona-robison |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020807231621/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msps/biographies/robisn-s.htm |archive-date=7 August 2002 |access-date=2 April 2023 |website=www.parliament.scot }}</ref> She gained a [[Master of Arts (Scotland)|Master of Arts]] in Social Science at the University of Glasgow in 1989. The following year, she gained a Postgraduate Cert in Community Education at [[Jordanhill College]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-43988436|title=Profile: Shona Robison|date=26 June 2018|access-date=19 August 2019|archive-date=19 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819125614/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-43988436|url-status=live}}</ref> Robison joined the [[Scottish National Party]] (SNP) in 1988.<ref>{{cite web |date=26 February 2000 |title=Shona Robison MSP |url=https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/shona-robison |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000226232226/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msps/biographies/robisn-s.htm |archive-date=26 February 2000 |access-date=2 April 2023 |website=Scottish Parliament}}</ref> She was an active member of the party's youth wing the [[Scottish National Party|Young Scottish Nationalist]], now known as Young Scots for Independence, where she met the likes of [[Nicola Sturgeon]] and [[Fiona Hyslop]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Shona Robison MSP {{!}} Dundee City East {{!}} SNP |url=https://www.shonarobison.org/ |access-date=23 March 2022 |website=Shona Robison MSP |archive-date=12 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512023644/https://www.shonarobison.org/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref> Before being elected to the [[Scottish Parliament]], she worked in [[Glasgow City Council]]'s Social Work Department.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Shona Robison MSP |url=https://www.gov.scot/about/who-runs-government/cabinet-and-ministers/shona-robison/ |access-date=23 March 2022 |website=www.gov.scot |archive-date=8 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508105203/https://www.gov.scot/about/who-runs-government/cabinet-and-ministers/shona-robison/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date= |title=The Scottish Parliament: MSP Biography β Shona Robison MSP |url=https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/shona-robison |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603162924/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msps/biogs/robison_shona.htm |archive-date=3 June 2004 |access-date=2 April 2023 |website=Scottish Parliament}}</ref>
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