List places first minister fiftieth in the list of influential women
SNP LEADER Nicola Sturgeon is second only to Elizabeth Windsor, the Queen, when it comes to women in positions of power across the UK.
Forbes Business magazine compiled a global list of influential women leaders, politicians, and business people – estimating the scale of their public influence.
Sturgeon, who in the past year has been a leading political figure across the UK since the SNP became the state’s third largest party, was ranked fiftieth in the world on the annually-compiled list.
Sturgeon, unsurprisingly, was the highest women from Scotland in the top 100 – and came second only to Windsor (29th) on the global rankings.
German leader Angela Merkel topped the list for the sixth year in a row.
Seven of the top ten women listed were from the United States, including presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (second) and chair of the US federal reserve Janet Yellen (third).
Picture courtesy of First Minister of Scotland