# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-murrell
# Generated: 2026-09-02T22:12:02.657Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-murrell"
name: "Peter Murrell"
slug: "peter-murrell"
description: "Peter Tierney Murrell is a Scottish former political worker and convicted criminal who served as Chief Executive of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 2001 to 2023. He was married to former party leader and First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon from 2010 until their separation in January 2025. From 2010 to 2022, Murrell abused his position to embezzle over £400,000 from the SNP's funds, for which he was arrested in 2025 and imprisoned in 2026."
tagline: "Former Chief Executive Officer of the Scottish National Party"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter_Murrell_2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1964"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.69
  momentum:             10
  historical:           9.138586666666669
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  73
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/PeterMurrell"
    handle:    "PeterMurrell"
sources:
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Murrell"
    title: "Peter Murrell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Murrell"
    title: "Peter Murrell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Murrell"
    title: "Peter Murrell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61819939"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations