Ten Most Powerful Women In The World

4. Dilma Rousseff: The first woman President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff is also one of the most powerful women in the world. This 36th and current President has been holding the position since January 2011. Apart from being the first women president, Rousseff is also the first economist to hold the office. Before becoming the president, she was the Chief of Staff. She is seen as an influential and powerful world leader. Before venturing into politics, Rousseff was a career civil servant who had never held nor run for elected office.

5. Christine Lagarde: One of the world’s most powerful women, Christina Lagarde is currently a French lawyer and Union for a Popular Movement politician who has been the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since 2011. Being a lawyer by training, she did well in the world of French politics and she was the first female finance minister of the G8, also she has held various other posts in French government. In her earlier years, she represented France in synchronized swimming. Christina Lagarde became prominent for her own abilities.

6. Hillary Clinton: Wife of Former President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton is the 67th U.S. Secretary of State who served under President Obama from January 2009 to February 2013.

She was also the first lady of the U.S.
Hillary, with her impressive personality is one of the politicians who has managed most difficult years in politics, which includes the Arab Spring uprising, Iran’s alleged murder attempt on the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. and the capture and death of Osama bin Laden. She is the first and only first lady to become a U.S. Senator, said Forbes. As per the recent polls conducted by Reuters/Ipsos, 57 percent of Americans have a favorable opinion of Hillary—including almost a quarter of the Republicans polled.

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