NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA MAKES WORLD 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s finance minister also makes the power list. The 58 year old Harvard-educated finance minister, who has spent one year in office after a failed bid for the World Bank presidency, moves down from the 81st position to the 83rd.

Joyce Banda, President of Malawi is up from the 71st position to the 47th and Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia also makes the list. She is at the 87th position, down 5 from last year.

On the international level, German chancellor and a member of the 27-member European Union Angela Merkel retained the number one slot. Following in Second, third, fourth and fifth position are Dilma Rousseff (President of Brazil); Melinda Gates (Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation); Michelle Obama (FLOTUS – First Lady of the United States) and Hilary Clinton round up the first five list.

And the most powerful global celebrities are musician/actress Beyonce Knowles Carter, media mogul Oprah Winfrey, actress Angelina Jolie, actress Sofia Vergara, musician Lady Gaga, TV personality Ellen DeGeneres, musician Shakira Mebarak, author J.K Rowling and supermodel Gisele Bundchen.