Forbes ranked UPA Chairperson and Congress President Sonia Gandhi as the ninth most powerful person in the world.
Mrs Gandhi has been described as a person who wields unequaled influence over 1.2 billion Indians and “after being elected as Congress President for the record fourth term, she has cemented her status as the true heiress to the Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty.”
Chinese President Hu Jintao stands at #1. The Chinese President who rules over one-fifth of the world’s population has been described as a person who “unlike Western counterparts, can divert rivers, build cities, jail dissidents and censor internet without meddling from pesky bureaucrats, courts.”
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has been placed at number 18 among the world’s top 20 powerful people.
The other Indians who have made to the list include Reliance Industries CMD Mukesh Ambani and NRI industrialist Lakshmi Mittal who are ranked 34th and 44th respectively.
US President Barack Obama has been placed at number second while Saudi King Abdullah stands as the third most powerful man.
Osama Bin Laden is at 57th and India’s most wanted Dawood Ibrahim is at 63th spot.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds the fourth place and Pope Benedict XVI has been placed fifth, while the German Chancellor is at the sixth place, British Prime Minister David Cameron at seventh and Chairman of US Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke is at eight place in the list.
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