The most powerful politician in the world. Lords of the world

About seven and a half billion people live on planet Earth. Despite this, a small percentage of all inhabitants can boast that he is known throughout the planet. The activity of this privileged group determines all events and everything that happens in the world.

10 Mark Zuckerberg

The person who opens the list of the most influential people in the world, and at the same time the youngest representative, is the founder of the social network Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg. Now Mark is 32 years old, almost twice as old as all the other contenders in this rating. This year, the young billionaire managed, made a crazy career jump - he jumped from the end of the second ten of the Forbes rating to the first. His current fortune is more than 50 billion dollars. This is taking into account the fact that the Zuckerbergs constantly donate funds to charity. So, Mark and his wife Priscilla Chan previously promised an investment of $ 3 billion for a good deed - the fight and complete eradication of all diseases on the planet by the end of the 21st century.

9 Narendra Modi

Ninth place was taken by Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India. And every year the popularity of a politician is growing, especially among Indians. At the same time, the attitude of citizens towards politics has not changed even after the difficult and unexpected monetary reform, which was organized in connection with the anti-corruption course. The Prime Minister issued a decree last fall to annul the highest denomination of Indian national currency banknotes.

8 Larry Page

The next place on the list is Larry Page - this gentleman is one of the developers of the popular Google search engine. A year ago, the company went through a process of reorganization. At the moment, Google is a subsidiary of Alphabet Corporation, and Larry Page is the chairman of the board.

7 Billy Gates

A higher position in this top is occupied by a much more popular and popular character in the world media - Billy Gates. This is a man whose fortune reaches more than 80 billion dollars, in other words, "money chickens do not peck." Billy's very symbolic idea is to build a real chicken coop in one of the New York skyscrapers. A logical question may arise - "why"? The thing is that the billionaire is very fond of chickens in any form, he believes that thanks to such poultry, many peoples of Africa will be able to get rid of poverty.

6 Janet Yellen

Janet Yellen was almost in the middle of the list. This is the chief economist of the United States, as well as the head of the Federal Reserve System of America. Janet carefully monitors the work of all banking and financial institutions. It is also curious that Mrs. Yellen has a huge popularity among Americans. And they love and respect her for her simplicity, intelligence, openness, as well as her ability to express her thoughts clearly and understandably.

5 Pope Francis

In fifth place in the ranking of the most influential people on a global scale is the only representative of the sphere of religion - the current head of the Vatican. And this is the most mature representative of the rating. Pope Francis turned 80 last year! However, despite his rather advanced age, the pontiff radiates strength, vital energy, which is more than enough to inspire and inspire his many parishioners to do good and good deeds, as well as to lead a righteous life.

4 Xi Jinping

The fourth place was taken by Xi Jinping, the President of the People's Republic of China. In 2012, immediately after his election as head of state, the politician embarked on reforms aimed at a tough and uncompromising fight against corruption. He is extremely popular among his people. And first of all, this is due to the openness of the politician. For example, there was a case when the press published a report about an ordinary working day from the life of Xi Jinping. Nothing like this has ever happened before in China!

3 Angela Merkel

Absolutely unexpectedly, the top three leaders are opened by Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany. For all its ambiguity, this is a very bright figure in the modern political arena. Despite the significant disappointments of German citizens, according to Forbes, Merkel is the last liberal politician who can give a tough rebuff to the progressive influence of the Russian Federation in the West. Last year, 2017, the German chancellor faced a huge number of problems: she had to clean up the results of Brexit and the growing unrest in the European Union, to deal with the crowds of migrants who flooded into Germany. Parliamentary elections are scheduled for 2019, the result of which will make it clear whether the Germans still show confidence in the decisions of Angela, as well as in the party she leads.

2 Donald Trump

The 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, took a well-deserved second place. This is the first time that a billionaire has become president of an overseas superpower. According to research findings, America's middle and upper class, who value liberalism so much, feel some embarrassment for their country's leader. Most of the claims are not about Trump himself, but about his family - his wife and children. However, he himself often appears at the epicenter of discussions!

1 Vladimir Putin

Probably no one is surprised that tops the Forbes list of the top 10 most influential people in the world in 2019, the most powerful person on the planet in 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin. If you believe the rumors, the head of Russia is capable of anything: he can both influence the course of hostilities in Syria and organize "sabotage" in the United States! No wonder they say that Donald Trump is a secret agent of the Kremlin. And then information suddenly comes up that, on the “order” of Vladimir Putin, Russian hackers invaded the process of choosing a new head of the White House... Naturally, both Putin and Trump completely deny any political intrigues against each other, but who will believe them!

“The Russian president influences almost every corner of the planet. At home, in Syria and in the presidential elections, the United States continues to achieve what it wants, ”the newspaper writes.

The Russian factor became central to American pre-election discussions after the Democratic Party, which nominated its presidential candidate, admitted that its servers had been hacked by anonymous hackers. A short time later, a number of American intelligence agencies linked the cyberattack to Russia and, in particular, the Kremlin.

Leaks from confidential Democratic emails have damaged the image and were one of the factors that brought down Clinton's ratings and led to the victory of Republican Donald Trump. Trump himself, the already elected president of the United States, meanwhile does not hide the fact that he is going to establish contact with Vladimir Putin and reconsider the issue of annexing Crimea to Russia.

Trump-linked financier Carter Page, who also spoke publicly about the Crimea issue in a conciliatory vein, recently visited Moscow.

With an ally as likely as the White House, Putin's power could be unlimited for years to come.

The director general of the APEC Agency for Political and Economic Communications believes that coverage of Putin's influence on the American elections helped his credibility, no matter how real this influence was. “The fact that this was discussed strengthened his image positioning,” the source of Gazeta.Ru is sure.

Orlov also notes the role of Russia in politics in the Middle East, in particular, in the Syrian campaign. “Putin, having, in general, few resources and playing against several opponents, managed to win,” he said.

The Prime Minister of Great Britain is in 13th place, the President of France is in 23rd, and the Prime Minister of Japan is in 37th.

58th place went to the Russian businessman Alisher y, the owner.

Usmanov is also the richest businessman in Russia after and.

The current US President Barack Obama is only 48th on this list. “Obama is leaving office at a time of global upheaval; a wave of populism caused political instability in Europe, the beginning of the crisis was the June Brexit of 2016, ”Forbes writes in a commentary.

Political scientist Vyacheslav believes that Putin topped the rating at a good moment. “Everything is logical. Former US President Barack Obama is no longer the most influential, and his successor Donald Trump is not yet influential,” Gazeta.Ru’s interlocutor is sure.

However, the expert clarifies that this does not mean that the future American leader will definitely outstrip Putin in the future, it’s just that now the Russian president has no alternative for the one that made up the rating.

According to Smirnov, the influence of heads of state can be compared with the influence of heads of companies. It is clear that the larger and more influential the company, the heavier the leader. But another question is how much he is still personally influential and determines the entire policy of his company.

“In America, after all, the president is a product of the system. He expresses not his opinion, but the opinion of the opposing groups. And in Russia, on the contrary, everyone supports the opinion of a single ruler,” Smirnov comments.

Russian President 65-year-old Vladimir Putin for the first time in five years did not become the leader of the Forbes ranking of the most influential people in the world, losing the first line in the list to the chairman of the People's Republic of China, 64-year-old Xi Jinping.

US President Donald Trump, 71, has dropped from second to third place in a new rating published on Tuesday, May 8, on the American Forbes website.

The top five most influential people in the world in 2018 also included German Chancellor Angela Merkel, 63, and the richest person on the planet, Amazon.com founder 54-year-old billionaire Jeff Bezos. Forbes explained Xi Jinping's first place by the fact that in March of this year he managed to achieve the abolition of the constitutional ban on holding the post of head of the Communist Party of China for more than one term and being re-elected leader of the country.

Putin, on the other hand, managed to become president of the country for the fourth time, having won the elections with a record result for the post-Soviet period - 77% of the vote. The President of Russia became the first in the Forbes ranking of the most influential people in the world in 2013, then displacing his American colleague Barack Obama from the first line.

Trump, the magazine notes, during his tenure in the White House has not been able to get rid of a series of accusations and scandals and is not able to move his agenda through Congress, despite the Republican majority.

Merkel is credited with the fact that she managed to become the chancellor of Germany for the fourth time. The top 10 rankings also included Pope Francis (81), Microsoft founder billionaire Bill Gates (62), Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (32), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (67). years) and billionaire Google co-founder Larry Page (45).

Another co-founder of Google, a native of Russia, 44-year-old Sergey Brin was on the 35th line of the rating. The ranking of the most influential people in the world is based on the subjective choice of the American editors of the magazine. The criteria for influence are indicators such as the number of people affected by the decisions of the rating participant, the financial flows that the rating participant manages as an administrator, manager or owner, and the activity with which the rating participant uses his power.

Most of all, the list turned out to be US citizens - 40 people. Among them are five politicians, including President Donald Trump, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell (No. 11 in the ranking), Chief Justice John Roberts (No. 63), Vice President Mike Pence (No. 67), Attorney General Robert Mueller (No. 72). One - 62-year-old Christine Lagarde - heads the International Monetary Fund. The remaining 34 people on the list are billionaires and heads of transnational corporations. Among them are Mark Zuckerberg (33 years old, No. 13 in the ranking) and Warren Buffett (87 years old, No. 16), Tim Cook (57 years old, No. 24) and Elon Musk (46 years old, No. 25), Michael Bloomberg (76 years old, #51) and Michael Dell (age 56, #53).

The rating also includes two representatives of India (in addition to the prime minister, this is the founder and head of the oil and gas giant Reliance Industries, 61-year-old billionaire Mukesh Andani), two Japanese (Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Softbank head, billionaire Masayoshi Son), two Mexicans (billionaire Carlos Slim and President Enrique Peña Nieto) and two Frenchmen, including President Emmanuel Macron (No. 12), 40, and billionaire Bernard Arnault.

The remaining several countries are represented in the ranking of the most influential people in the world by one person. Among them were British Prime Minister Theresa May (No. 14 in the ranking), Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (No. 17), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (No. 26), Portuguese UN Secretary-General António Guterres (No. 31 ), head of the European Union Luxembourger Jean-Claude Juncker (No. 33), leader of North Korea 34-year-old Kim Jong-un (No. 36), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (No. 48), Brazilian President Michel Temer (No. 50), President of South Korea Moon Jae-in (No. 54), Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (No. 57), Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (No. 62), Swiss FIFA head Gianni Infantino (No. 75).

In the ranking of the 75 most influential people in the world, there were only five women. In addition to Merkel, May and Lagarde, these are the head of General Motors, Mary Barra, and the head of Fidelity Investments, Abigail Johnson. The youngest person on the list is Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, who is 32 years old. The oldest - the head of CK Hutchison Holdings, Hong Kong's richest billionaire Li Ka-shing - is 89 years old.

1. Chinese President Xi Jinping

This year, the Forbes list was topped by Xi Jinping, the leader of the most populous country in the world. Returning to the presidency of the PRC in 2012, he soon embarked on reforms and the implementation of his China Dream program, a vision for the development of the PRC until 2049.

2. Russian President Vladimir Putin

Photo: Alexander Zemlyanichenko / Reuters

Putin topped the list of most powerful people for four consecutive years, from 2013 to 2016. This year he was also among the leaders, in large part because of the investigation into Russian interference, which allegedly helped Donald Trump in the US presidential election.

3. US President Donald Trump

In January 2017, Trump became the first billionaire in US history to be elected president. He remains the owner of buildings in Manhattan in New York, golf courses and a winery, and one of the richest people in America.

4. German Chancellor Angela Merkel

In 2005, Merkel became the first female chancellor in German history. In 2017, she again won the elections and remained in power for a fourth term. The media called this victory a failure; 364 deputies out of 688 voted for it in the Bundestag vote.

5. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, USA

6. Pope Francis

Pope Francis, after his election, launched the process of transforming the conservative image of the Catholic Church. Along with world leaders, he advocates reform in the field of climate change, improving the living conditions of refugees, and against the persecution of religious minorities.

7. Microsoft founder Bill Gates

Gates sold or gave away most of his stake in Microsoft and today owns just over 1% of the shares. He remains on the board of the company he founded with Paul Allen in 1975. In recent years, Gates and his wife Melinda have focused on philanthropy. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation they created remains the world's largest private philanthropic foundation. At the end of 2016, Gates, along with other billionaires, announced the launch of the Breakthrough Energy Ventures investment fund, which aims for long-term risky investments that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

8. Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud

Despite the fact that Salman ibn Abdul-Aziz Al Saud remains the king of the country, Mohammed ibn Salman Al Saud is actually in charge. In November 2017, he led an anti-corruption campaign that resulted in many of the richest Saudis being arrested and forced to return the underpayment to the treasury. Ten Saudi billionaires have been removed from Forbes' annual list of billionaires.

9. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Modi is one of the most popular politicians in India in recent years. The head of the second most populous country in the world meets regularly with world leaders and has become one of the key figures in the fight against climate change.

10. Google co-founder Larry Page, USA

Larry Page founded Google in 1998 with Stanford graduate student Sergey Brin. Until 2001, he remained the CEO of the company, then took up product development and again returned to the position of CEO in 2011. Today, he is focused on leading Google's parent company Alphabet, Calico, an independent biotechnology research and development company founded in 2013, and many other projects.

The population of our planet has already outgrown the figure of 7 billion. And among this huge number there are people who are known on all continents. They have a huge impact on world politics and economics. Famous publications closely monitor the activities of these chosen ones and rank their fame. It is on this information that our top 10 influential people in the world 2017 are based.

10 Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, managed to make his place on this list at the age of 32. In a year, he moved from 16th place to the top ten. Mark and his wife Priscilla generously donate large sums to the development of treatments for various diseases.

9 Narendra Modi

Narendra Modi is the Prime Minister of India. His popularity in the country as a politician is growing every year. Even the tough monetary reform that took place in 2016 and aimed at fighting corruption did not change the situation.

8 Larry Page

Larry Page, who is one of the developers of the popular search engine Google, occupies the 8th position. The company underwent a significant reorganization last year. Google has evolved from an independent company into a subsidiary of Alphabet, in which Larry took over as chairman of the board.

7 Bill Gates

Well-known American entrepreneur and philanthropist, one of the founders of Microsoft. His fortune in 2016 was estimated at $76.4 billion. Together with his wife Melinda Gates, they created a large charitable foundation, to which they transferred more than $ 28 billion.

6 Janet Yellen

Janet Yellen, who holds the position of head of the US Federal Reserve, is in 6th place. It was under her leadership that positive changes took place in the work to bring the American economy out of the crisis. It is very popular with ordinary Americans.

5 Pope Francis

Fifth place was given to the only representative of religion on the list. This is the current head of the Vatican. This year he celebrated his 80th birthday. Francis I did a lot to change the conservative views of the church to more modern ones. He pays attention to world politics, takes an active part in the work related to helping the poor.

4 Xi Jinping

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has led the world's second-largest economy since 2012. Immediately after taking office, he began to implement numerous reforms and fight corruption. Jinping is working on cooperation with various eastern and western states. It is very popular among the population.

3 Angela Merkel

The three leaders are opened by the German Chancellor. For 10 years she holds the title of the most powerful woman in the world. Her reputation has suffered in the eyes of voters due to problems with emigrants who flooded the country. But at the same time, thanks to her efforts, the European Union still exists. Soon there will be new elections for the post of head of state, then it will become clear whether Angela will continue to be included in this top ten.

1 Vladimir Putin

The leaders among the most influential people in the world in 2017 are Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. The Russian leader takes this line for the fourth time.

These lists are compiled by authoritative publications based on various data. It takes into account not only the billions earned, but also the number of people under control, the level of popularity, personal contribution to the development of the country and the world situation.