Baroness Patricia Scotland elected as the first female Commonwealth Secretary General

Dominica-born British lawyer Patricia Scotland was on 27 November 2015 appointed as the Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations. Patricia become the first British citizen and first woman as well to hold the role in the 66-year history of 53-member Commonwealth. Scotland succeeds India's Kamalesh Sharma and will join the office on 1 April 2016. She will receive a salary of nearly 160000 British Pound as well as a four storey mansion in Mayfair.