Saturday, September 02, 2006

All hail Angela Merkel!

Who, according to Forbes, is the most powerful woman in the world?

It's not Condi Rice (#2). Nor is it Oprah (#14), Hillary (#18), or Melinda Gates (#12). Nor is it China's Wu Yi (#3), Chile's Michelle Bachelet (#17), or New Zealand's Helen Clark (#20). Nor is it, back in the U.S. again, Ruth Bader Ginsburg (#32), Laura Bush (#43), or Nancy Pelosi (#48). Nor is it Queen Elizabeth II (#46). Nor is it any of the women in the news business -- like Katie Couric (#54), Diane Sawyer (#60), and Christiane Amanpour (#79) -- or any of the women who run some of the world's leading companies and investment firms -- like PepsiCo's Indra Nooyi (#4), Morgan Stanley's Zoe Cruz (#10), and eBay's Margaret Whitman (#22).

No, the most powerful woman in the world -- and you can find the list of the top 100 here -- is Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, who last year just narrowly squeaked into power. For more on Merkel, see a Time profile here. Last September and October, I wrote a six-post series on the German election. The last one, #6, is here.

(By the way, there are no Canadians on the list. Which is a little embarrassing.)

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2 Comments:

  • Yeah, and Bush blew it when he met with her this summer

    Thursday, July 13, 2006
    This Just In! Bush Faux Pas Caused By Bad Intel, Plame Lawsuit
    Bush Stuns Germany’s Merkel With Hearty Belly Kiss
    White House Cites – Again – Faulty Intelligence; Blames Former CIA Chief Tenet
    http://puregarlic.blogspot.com/2006/07/this-just-in-bush-faux-pas-caused-by.html

    Peace
    JTD

    By Blogger 13909 Antiques, at 5:41 PM  

  • Bush blows it when he meets with anyone.

    By Blogger Michael J.W. Stickings, at 5:42 PM  

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