Note: Okay, this is a very late post. I found it in my draft section; for whatever reason, I forgot all about it after making a draft post. Anyways, even though it’s no longer current it may still be relevant for those of you looking for this info.

And the world’s most powerful woman in 2008 is …….. “underwear model” and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. This is according to Forbes Magazine and here’s the explanation for her top ranking:

With $3.3 trillion in GDP, Germany is Europe’s biggest economy, and Merkel’s reforms are sparking a rebound, with unemployment falling (although consumer confidence just hit a five-year low). She pushed through a later retirement age, put more women in senior government posts, and raised payments to new parents. Bulldozes through controversy: hosted the Dalai Lama, chastised Mugabe, and wants to make the euro a bigger player in global financial markets as the dollar wanes. Also trying to make Germany more eco-friendly with steep greenhouse-gas cuts. Europeans voted her their most influential politician. — Tatiana Serafin – [Forbes Magazine]

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