Rt Hon Baroness Patricia Scotland

Baroness Scotland served as the sixth Secretary-General of the Commonwealth (2016 to 2025), the first woman to hold the post, leading an association of 56 countries and 2.7 billion people. A barrister and member of the House of Lords since 1997, she was the first woman appointed Attorney General for England and Wales (2007 to 2010) and held a series of ministerial roles in the Blair and Brown governments.

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