The list of “22 Most Influential Women in Politics” was published under the slogan “Women Who Rule the World”. This is part of the annual “100 Most Influential Women” list. As he points out warehouse Forbes And the author of the ranking Caroline Howard, the three women occupying the podium of this ranking “make decisions that can change the course of history”.
She came in first place German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has held this position continuously since 2005 and his party once again wins the elections. New on the list is the Prime Minister of Great Britain Therese May, which immediately moves into second place. She was appreciated mainly because she had to face the choice of the British people, namely to leave the European Union, so that Brexit would not cause great economic and socio-political turbulence. He took second place in the 2016 rankings Hillary Clintonwho lost 63 positions after his defeat against Donald Trump in the presidential election.
She took third place Tsai Ing-Wen, president of the Republic of China, i.e. Taiwan, since 2016. Tsai made her debut on the list, as did May. At the highest levels power she has been in power since 2006 and, 10 years later, she became the first female president of this country.
The last place in the top ten has been awarded 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 list including only women Prime Minister Szydło deals with politics 10th placeand on the full list of “100 most influential women in the world” – 31st.