German Chancellor Merkel Named World's Most Powerful Woman

World | May 22, 2013, Wednesday // 19:05
Bulgaria: German Chancellor Merkel Named World's Most Powerful Woman German chancellor Angela Merkel. Photo by EPA/BGNES

German chancellor Angela Merkel has been named as the most powerful woman in the world by business magazine Forbes for a third year in a row.

Merkel has now made the Forbes list eight times out of the past ten years — seven times as No. 1.

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, who is of Bulgarian dissent, is second in the list.

Melinda Gates and Michelle Obama are third and fourth, respectively.

In compiling this year’s list, Forbes said it sought women who “go beyond the traditional taxonomy of the power elite.”

The list includes top politicians and CEOs, activist billionaires and celebrities.

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