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Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women 2007

The following political leaders were recently included in Forbes Magazine’s list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful women:

(1) Angela Merkel (Chancellor, Germany)

(2) Yi Wu (Vice Premier, China)

(4) Condoleezza Rice (Secretary of State, US)

(6) Sonia Gandhi (President, National Congress Party, India)

(11) Michele Alliot-Marie (Minister for the Interior, overseas territories, France)

(12) Christine Lagarde (Minister of economy, finance and employment, France)

(23) Queen Elizabeth II (Queen, UK)

(25) Hillary Rodham Clinton (U.S. Senator, New York)

(26) Nancy Pelosi (Speaker of the House, House of Representatives, US)

(27) Michelle Bachelet (President, Chile)

(38) Helen Clark (Prime Minister, New Zealand)

(39) Tzipora Livni (Foreign Affairs Minister, Israel)

(50) Tarja Halonen (President, Finland)

(51) Gloria Arroyo (President, Philipines)

(58) Mary McAleese (President, Ireland)

(59) Neelie Kroes (European Commissioner for competition, Netherlands)

(60) Laura Bush (First Lady, US)

(67) Dora Bakoyannis (Foreign minister, Greece)

(71) Aung San Suu Kyi (Nobel Peace laureate, Democratically elected leader of Myanmar)

(79) Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned (First Lady, Qatar)

(81) Portia Simpson Miller (Prime Minister, Jamaica)

(82) Queen Rania (Queen, Jordan)

(89) Luisa Diogo (Prime Minister, Mozambique)

(92) Dr. Sima Samar (Chairman, Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission)

 (99) Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi (Minister of the economy, United Arab Emirates)

(100) Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (President, Liberia)

Source:  Forbes Magazine, September 17, 2007