German Chancellor Angela Merkel came first, who has held this position continuously since 2005 and this year his party once again managed to win the elections. Merkel has been recognized for her economic policies, which have made Germany the world’s fourth-largest economy and the largest economy led by a woman.
This is new on the list British Prime Minister Theresa May, who immediately moved into second place. In the case of Islands politicians, the focus has been on the difficulties they faced following the resignation of David Cameron in 2016. May faces the choice of the British people to leave the European Union , so that Brexit does not cause major economic and socio-political turbulence. In the 2016 ranking, second place was taken by Hillary Clinton, who lost 63 places after losing to Donald Trump in the presidential election.
Third place went to Tsai Ing-Wen, President of the Republic of China, that is, Taiwan, since 2016. Tsai debuted on the list, as did May. She has occupied the highest echelons of power since 2006 and, ten years later, she became the first female president of this country. She faces a difficult task: maintaining and further strengthening Taiwan’s independence from the People’s Republic of China.
10th place for Beata Szydło
She placed herself just behind the podium Chilean President Michelle Bachelet (she held this position between 2006 and 2010, then from 2014), and fifth place was taken by Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Also among the top ten were Ivanka Trump, advisor to his father and his assistant (sixth place), as well as representatives of the Supreme Court of the United States (Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, seventh place).
Eighth place goes to British Queen Elizabeth II, who celebrated her 65th birthday in February this year, and ninth to Sheikh Hasina Wajed, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1996 to 2001 and 2009 to present).
The last the place in the top ten was awarded to Prime Minister Beata Szydło. In the case of the head of the Polish government, it was emphasized that she had given herself the mission of reforming the country (including the economy, the pension system) and combating the decline in the fertility rate through the “Family 500+” program. In the ranking including only women in politics, Prime Minister Szydlo occupies 10th place and in the complete list of “100 most influential women in the world” 31st.
100 most influential women in the world 2017
In the ranking of women in politics, Merkel and May took first and second place – it is the same if we look at the entire Forbes ranking of the most powerful women in the world. In the complete ranking of the “100 most influential women in the world”, the German Chancellor takes first place and the British Prime Minister second. The last place on the podium has been taken Melinda Gatesthe wife of the founder of Microsoft, who has been involved in various charitable activities with her husband for years and co-directs a foundation with him.
The top ten of the “100 most influential” was dominated by American women. – there are up to six. Fourth place went to Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, fifth place to Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, sixth place to Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube, and seventh place to Abigail Johnson, head of Fidelity Investments .
She was in eighth place director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde (France), in ninth – Ana Patricia Botin from Spain, CEO of the Santander Group. The last place in the top ten went to American Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM.
