Vladimir Putin has been named the world's most powerful person by Forbes magazine for the third year in a row. The Russian
President was followed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who moved up
three spots from last year to replace U.S. President Barack Obama at
number two. With
Obama dropping down to third place, this is the first year a sitting
U.S. President has not made it into the top two on the list.
Pope
Francis retained his place at number four from last year, ahead of
Chinese leader Xi Jinping at number five, who fell two spots from last
year.
Also
in the top ten are Bill Gates, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, U.K.
Prime Minister David Cameron, India Prime Minister Narendra Modi and
Alphabet CEO Larry Page in spots six to ten.
Mr
Modi moved up six places and made it into the top ten for the first
time, while European Central Bank President Mario Draghi just missed the
cut-off and was named as number 11.
The Forbes
Most Powerful People list is made up of 73 people - one person for
every 100 million on the planet - and is published in November every
year.
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