Angela Merkel has been named the world's most powerful woman for the sixth year in a row as Nicola Sturgeon makes the Forbes list for the first time.
This is the eleventh time the German Chancellor has been given the number-one spot by the U.S. magazine which rates the Scottish First Minister and SNP leader as the UK's second highest-ranked female behind the Queen.
Ms Sturgeon, who is the first female to hold the role of First Minister, enters at number 50 on the global list, which includes 51 women from the United States but just six from the UK.
Angela Merkel has been named the world's most powerful woman for the sixth year in a row as Nicola Sturgeon makes the Forbes list for the first time
Merkel is followed by US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, with Janet Yellen, chair of the U.S. federal reserve, ranked in third - up one from the 2015 list.
Two more Americans take fourth and fifth spot - Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and General Motors chief executive officer Mary Barra respectively.
U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama is the 13th most powerful woman, according to the rankings, which consider influence, media presence, money and success at implementing change.
There is no mention of Samantha Cameron, wife of Prime Minister David Cameron, who is also an ambassador for the charity Save the Children and who has a consultancy role with luxury leather goods manufacturer Smythson.
The Queen is the highest-placed British woman on the list, with her ranking rising from 41 last year to 29 in 2016.
THE 50 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN THE WORLD IN 2016
1. Angela Merkel - aged 61 - Germany - Politics
2. Hillary Clinton - 68 - U.S. - Politics
3. Janet Yellen - 69 - U.S. - Finance
4. Melinda Gates - 51 - U.S. - Philanthropy
5. Mary Barra - 54 - U.S. - Automotive
6. Christine Lagarde - 60 - France - Economy
7. Sheryl Sandberg - 46 - U.S. - Technology
8. Susan Wojcicki - 47 - U.S. - Technology
9. Meg Whitman - 59 - U.S. - Technology
10. Ana Patricia Botín - 53 - Spain - Finance
11. Ginni Rometty - 58 - U.S. - Technology
12. Park Geun-hye - 64 - South Korea - Politics
13. Michelle Obama - 52 - U.S. - Politics
14. Indra Nooyi - 50 - U.S. - Diversified
15. Angela Ahrendts - 55 - U.S. - Technology
16. Abigail Johnson - 54 - U.S. - Finance
17. Tsai Ing-wen - 59 - Taiwan - Politics
18. Michelle Bachelet - 64 - Chile - Politics
19. Federica Mogherini - 42 - Italy - Politics
20. Safra Catz - 54 - U.S. - Technology
21. Oprah Winfrey - 62 - U.S. - Media
22. Helen Clark - 66 - New Zealand - NGO
23. Three U.S. Supreme Court Justices
24. Marillyn Hewson - 62 - U.S. - Manufacturing
25. Arundhati Bhattacharya - 60 - India - Finance
26. Aung Sun Suu Kyi - 70 - Myanmar - Politics
27. Ruth Porat - 58 - U.S. - Technology
28. Anna Wintour - 66 - U.S. Media
29. Queen Elizabeth II - 90 - UK - Politics
30. Ho Ching - 60 - Singapore - Diversified
31. Adena Friedman - 46 - U.S. - Finance
32. Irene Rosenfeld - 63 - U.S. - Diversified
33. Loretta Lynch - 57 - U.S. - Politics
34. Ursula Burns - 57 - U.S. - Technology
35. Lucy Peng - 43- China - Technology
36. Sheikh Hasina Wajed - 68 - Bangladesh - Politics
37. Sri Mulyani Indrawati - 53 - Indonesia - NGO
38. Margaret Chan - 68 - China - NGO
39. Drew Gilpin Faust - 68 - U.S. - NGO
40. Chanda Kochhar - 54 - India - Diversified
41. Samantha Power - 45 - U.S. - Politics
42. Pollyanna Chu - 58 - Hong Kong - Finance
43. Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi - 54 - UAE - Politics
44. Amy Hood - 44 - U.S. - Technology
45. Beth Comstock - 54 - U.S. - Diversified
46. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović - 48 - Croatia - Politics
47. Bonnie Hammer - 65 - U.S. - Media
48. Ertharin Cousin - 59 - U.S. - NGO
49. Laurene Powell Jobs - 52 - U.S. - Technology
50. Nicola Sturgeon - 45 - Scotland - Politics
For those ranked 50 - 100 see Forbes
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