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Forbes Makes Merkel No.1: German Chancellor Is World's Most Powerful Woman - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has once again been named the most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice only managed No.7 while a relatively unknown banker was given the No. 2 ranking.

Influential US magazine Forbes has once again compiled its list of the world's 100 most powerful women and this year's selection is dominated by women from the United States. At the very top, though, is a German: Chancellor Angela Merkel has been awarded the numer one spot for the third year in a row.

The German leader came out just ahead of the little known Sheila Blair, head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the US bank-deposit insurer which has had to deal with global financial panic kicked off by the subprime crisis. Indra K. Nooyi, the CEO of PepsiCo, is in slot three.

The US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice drops back from No.4 last year to No. 7 in 2008, while a women with a huge public profile, Hillary Clinton, ranks 28th in the world.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Aug 28th, 2008 at 11:56:54 AM EST
A few months ago I probably would have been happier with this news. But seeing how she is handling Russia, I find it rather frustrating that she is not using her power in a different way.
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Aug 28th, 2008 at 11:57:58 AM EST
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As Yoda might have said to Obi-Wan

"To fight this Lord Pu-tin, strong enough, you are not."


keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Aug 28th, 2008 at 02:05:53 PM EST
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