Patricia Scotland

Her Excellency The Right Honourable The Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC PC
6th Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 April 2016
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Kamalesh Sharma
Attorney General for England and Wales
In office 28 June 2007 – 11 May 2010
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	The Lord Goldsmith
Succeeded by	Dominic Grieve
Advocate General for Northern Ireland
In office 12 April 2010 – 11 May 2010
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Dominic Grieve
Attorney General for Northern Ireland
In office 28 June 2007 – 12 April 2010
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	The Lord Goldsmith
Succeeded by	John Larkin
Shadow Attorney General
In office 11 May 2010 – 7 October 2011
Leader	Harriet Harman (Acting) Ed Miliband
Preceded by	Edward Garnier
Succeeded by	Emily Thornberry
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 October 1997 Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	(1955-08-19) 19 August 1955 (age 69) Dominica, British Leeward Islands
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	Anglia Ruskin University University College London Middle Temple

Patricia Janet Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal PC QC (born 19 August 1955) is an English politician and barrister. She served in ministerial positions within the UK Government, mainly as the Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland. In 2015, she was elected the 6th Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations and took office on 1 April 2016. She is the first woman to hold the post.^[1]

She is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and Dominica.^[2]

1. ↑ "Commonwealth elects first woman secretary general". Times of Malta. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
2. ↑ "CHOGM: Patricia Scotland is first female Commonwealth secretary-general". The Australian. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.