a minute agoAngela Merkel, again the most powerful woman in the world
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)She may have received a blow after the recent German elections, in which she won a fourth term as a junior Chancellor with reduced authority, but Angela Merkel remains the most powerful woman in the world, according to “Forbes” Merkel tops “magazine list Forbes” of the 100 most powerful women for the seventh consecutive year [...]
Merkel tops the magazine list “Forbes” of the 100 most powerful women for the seventh consecutive year and for the 12th time total.
German Chancellor Theresa May, Melinda Gates and Sheryl Sandberg in the fight for first place, despite the blow she took in the election.
British Prime Minister Theresa May is ranked second, despite a difficult year in which her party lost the parliamentary majority, following its decision to hold elections in June.
May is followed by philanthropist Melinda Gates, by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Cheryl Sandberg of Facebook and Mary Barra, chief executive of “General Motors”.
Almost half the women on the list are American, until Great Britain has eight representatives. The rest is from Europe, 13.
The new entrances to the list are Ivanka Trump (19), American President Donald Trump's daughter and adviser to US President Donald Trump, Nikki Haley (43), American Ambassador to the UN and actress Priyanka Chopra (97), a goodwill ambassador to UNICEF, broadcast kp.
Former US lady Michelle Obama is not part of the list after she left the White House last year. Hillary Clinton, who first entered the list in 2004, has fallen for 63 positions from second in 2016 to 65, in 2017, broadcast British media.
