The World's Most Influential People

You may have heard and read list of richest men in the world many times, but what about the people who most affect our world.

This is a list of top 10 most influential people in our globe:

1- Edward Kennedy (USA)

Everyone knows him as the Lion of the US Senate, Teddy, 77, is a heroic figure not just in the US Democratic Party but in American politics in general.

His ability to work across the political aisle on matters such as immigration, health care, civil rights, education and the environment is impressive in USA to affect our world.

 

 

2- Gordon Brown (UK)

While UK economy grew strongly, UK Prime Minister could have stood back and done nothing; on the contrary, he brought in and continually drove up the minimum wage, and 600,000 children and a million pensioners were raised out of poverty.

Now Gordon Brown took a lead among European leaders in setting a course for economic recovery in the recent crisis.

 

 

3- Christine Lagarde (France)

As the first female Finance Minister of any G-8 nation, Lagarde knows well what it takes to break down barriers.

Historic moments, like the financial crisis we are living through today, require extraordinary figures to take extraordinary action. For Lagarde, 53, with her counterparts in the G-20, that mandate builds upon a lifetime spent championing shared economic prosperity through a robust transatlantic relationship

4- Thomas Dart (USA)

Sheriff Thomas (Blind Tom) O'Brien of Cook County in Illinois had perfectly good vision, except he could never see any of the illegal gambling that pervaded the county during his tenure.

In the autumn of 2008, Dart, 46, announced he would not carry out any more evictions tied to the large number of foreclosures in Cook County

 

 

5- Avigdor Lieberman (Israel)

The co-navigator of the Israeli ship of state is Avigdor Lieberman, the Foreign Minister, who heads the right-wing Israel party, the main partner of Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud in the new coalition government.

He will be one of the most vigorous advocates of a pre-emptive Israeli strike to destroy Iran's probable nuclear facilities should Western diplomacy fail to curb the Iranian project.

 

6- Joaquín Guzmán (Mexico)

Mexican druglord Joaquín Guzmán, 52, is the man who tops Mexico's list of most-wanted criminals also made Forbes magazine's billionaires list this year.

He is responsible for the murders of almost 15,000 traffickers, cops, soldiers and civilians and Mexican President Felipe Calderón has sent his army after Guzmán, who heads the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel.

 

 

7- Nouri al-Maliki (Iraq)

Nouri al-Maliki is the first Iraqi Prime Minister to hold office under the new constitution.

long years of exile and the fight against Saddam shaped al-Maliki and his worldview.

The evolution in al-Maliki's performance as Prime Minister surprised many. He became committed to building a new Iraqi state. He has skillfully maintained good relations with both the U.S. and Iran and handled Iraqi political groups well.

8- Hillary Clinton (USA)

A quarter-century on, Hillary, 61, has proved herself as First Lady, U.S. Senator, author and the most successful female presidential candidate in American history

Yet her incredible journey continues. As Secretary of State, she must summon all her skills as a communicator while administering a large bureaucracy in a turbulent era on a global stage.

 

 

9- Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (Indonesia)

Since winning the presidency in Indonesia ,2004, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, 59, has managed to keep the nation afloat, even during the current global recession in middle of the changes taking place in Indonesia today which are among the most remarkable developments in the Muslim world.

 

 

 

10- Boris Johnson (UK)

Boris Johnson, 44, is the most original new face in British politics since the emergence of Margaret Thatcher.

His instant and natural wit, always lively and almost never nasty, recalls Harold Macmillan, Winston Churchill and even Benjamin Disraeli, though he has mastered self-deprecation as they never did.

Source: Time

 

 

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