angela dorothea merkel was the most powerful person in europe as ranked on the forbes list of the world's most powerful people in 2014.
who is the most powerful person in europe as ranked on the forbes list of the world's most powerful people in 2014?
angela dorothea merkel
merkel has been widely described as the "de facto" leader of the european union throughout her tenure as chancellor. merkel has twice been named the world's second most powerful person following vladimir putin by "forbes" magazine, the highest ranking ever achieved by a woman. on 26 march 2014, merkel became the longest-serving incumbent head of government in the european union. in december 2015, merkel was named as "time" magazine's person of the year, with the magazine's cover declaring her to be the "chancellor of the free world". in 2018, merkel was named the most powerful woman in the world for a record fourteenth time by "forbes". following the election of donald trump to the u.s. presidency in november 2016, merkel was described by "the new york times" as "the liberal west's last defender". since 2016 she has been described by many commentators as the "leader of the free world". former us secretary of state hillary clinton described merkel in 2017 as "the most important leader in the free world." she is currently the senior g7 leader. "the atlantic" described her in 2019 as "the world's most successful living politician, on the basis of both achievement and longevity." she was found in a 2018 survey to be the most respected world leader internationally. she was named as harvard university's commencement speaker in 2019; harvard university president larry bacow described her as "one of the most widely admired and broadly influential statespeople of our time."
angela merkel
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since 2009, the business magazine, "forbes" had compiled an annual list of the world's most powerful people. the list has one slot for every 100 million people, meaning in 2009 there were 67 people on the list and by 2018 there were 75. slots are allocated based on the amount of human and financial resources that they have sway over, as well as their influence on world events.





























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"note: no list was released for 2017."





























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bullet::::- "forbes" list of the world's 100 most powerful women
forbes list of the world's most powerful people