Top 10 powerful people in the world

1. Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.

 

BY-dən; born November 20, 1942) is an American politician and the president-elect of the United States. He defeated incumbent president Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election and will be inaugurated as the 46th president on January 20, 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Biden served as the 47th vice president during the Obama administration from 2009 to 2017. He represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.

2. Vladimir  Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (/ˈpuːtɪn/; Russian: Владимир Владимирович Путин [vɫɐˈdʲimʲɪr vɫɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ ˈputʲɪn] (About this soundlisten); born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and a former officer of the KGB who has served as President of Russia since 2012, previously holding the position from 1999 until 2008.[c][6][7][8] He was also Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012.

3.  Angela Merkel

·         Merkel became the first female Chancellor of Germany in 2005 and is serving her fourth term.

·         In November 2018, Merkel stepped down as leader of the Christian Democratic Union and announced she wouldn't seek another term as chancellor in 2021.

·         Merkel remains the de facto leader of Europe, leading the region's largest economy after steering Germany through financial crisis and back to growth.

·         Her leadership is marked by her steely reserve, from standing up to Donald Trump to allowing more than a million Syrian refugees into Germany.

 

4.Narendra Damodardas Modi

(Gujarati pronunciation: [ˈnəɾendrə dɑmodəɾˈdɑs ˈmodiː] (About this soundlisten); born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. He was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament for Varanasi. Modi is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation. He is the first prime minister outside of the Indian National Congress to win two consecutive terms with a full majority and the second to complete more than five years in office after Atal Bihari Vajpayee.[3

 

5. Emmanuel Macron,

The president of France, officially the President of the French Republic (French: Président de la République française) is the head of state and head of executive of France as well as the Commander-in-Chief of the French Armed Forces. The French presidency is the supreme magistracy of the country, and the president is the holder of the highest office in France. The powers, functions and duties of prior presidential offices, as well as their relation with the prime minister and Government of France, have over time differed with the various constitutional documents since the French Second Republic. The president of the French Republic is also the ex officio co-prince of Andorra, grand master of the Legion of Honour and of the National Order of Merit. The officeholder is also honorary proto-canon of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome (although some have rejected the title in the past).

 

6. Pope Francis

 

·         Pope Francis is the spiritual leader to more than one-sixth of the world's population, 1.3 billion people.

·         He has made it his personal mission to transform the longstanding conservative image of the Catholic Church.

·         In November 2016 he gave priests the power to forgive women who undergo abortions.

·         He has continued to push for climate change reform, better treatment of refugees and greater attention to persecution of religious minorities.

 

7. Xi Jinping

 

·         The leader of the world's most populated country and second largest economy (GDP), Xi Jinping holds a firm grasp on China's only political party.

·         In March, China's parliament amended its constitution, broadening Xi's power and scrapping term limits.

·         After ascending to the presidency in 2012, Xi was quick to see the benefits of privatization-friendly reform.

·         He is widely credited with the slogan Chinese Dream - a set of personal and national ideals for the advancement of Chinese society.

 

8. Jeff Bezos

·         Jeff Bezos founded e-commerce colossus Amazon in 1994 out of his garage in Seattle. He runs it as CEO and owns an 11.1% stake.

·         Between March and April 2020, amid the pandemic, Amazon said it hired 175,000 additional workers.

·         In April 2020, Bezos said he would give $100 million to Feed America, a nonprofit that operates food banks and food pantries across the country.

 

 

9. Elon Reeve Musk

Elon Reeve Musk FRS (/ˈiːlɒn/; born June 28, 1971) is a business magnate, industrial designer and engineer.[6] He is the founder, CEO, CTO and chief designer of SpaceX; early investor,[b] CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; co-founder of Neuralink; and co-founder and initial co-chairman of OpenAI. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2018.[9][10] Also that year, he was ranked 25th on the Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People,[11] and was ranked joint-first on the Forbes list of the Most Innovative Leaders of 2019.[12] As of November 24, 2020, his net worth is estimated by Forbes to be US$126.2 billion,[13][14] making him the second-richest person in the world, behind Jeff Bezos. As CEO of Tesla, he is the longest tenured CEO in history of any automotive manufacturer globally.

 

10. Boris   Johnson 

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson MP born  19 June 1964) is a British politician, author, and former journalist who has been Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019. He was Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. Johnson was Member of Parliament (MP) for Henley from 2001 to 2008 and has been MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015. Ideologically, he identifies as a one-nation conservative.