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Susan Aitken is a Scottish National Party politician who is the leader of Glasgow City Council and the leader of the SNP group. She has been a councillor for the Langside ward since 2012.
Political career
Aitken was elected to represent the ward of Langside in Glasgow City Council election, 2012. In March 2014, she was made leader of the SNP Group at Glasgow City Council following the resignation of Graeme Hendry. She is also the SNP's Local Government Convener.
She was re-elected as a councillor at the Glasgow City Council election, 2017 where the SNP became the largest party.
Aitken took office as leader of the SNP-led administration on 9 May 2017, formally appointed as such on 18 May 2017, and immediately wrote to COSLA on behalf of Glasgow City Council, seeking to rejoin.