<Table> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Th> 2009 </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> 2011 </Th> <Th> 2012 </Th> <Th> 2013 </Th> <Th> 2014 </Th> <Th> 2015 </Th> <Th> 2016 </Th> <Th> 2018 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Barack Obama <P> President of the United States </P> </Td> <Td> Hu Jintao <P> President of China </P> </Td> <Td colspan="2"> Barack Obama <P> President of the United States </P> </Td> <Td colspan="4"> Vladimir Putin <P> President of Russia </P> </Td> <Td> Xi Jinping <P> General Secretary of the Communist Party of China </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Hu Jintao <P> President of China </P> </Td> <Td> Barack Obama <P> President of the United States </P> </Td> <Td> Vladimir Putin <P> Prime Minister of Russia </P> </Td> <Td> Angela Merkel <P> Chancellor of Germany </P> </Td> <Td colspan="2"> Barack Obama <P> President of the United States </P> </Td> <Td> Angela Merkel <P> Chancellor of Germany </P> </Td> <Td> Donald Trump <P> President - elect of the United States </P> </Td> <Td> Vladimir Putin <P> President of Russia </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Vladimir Putin <P> Prime Minister of Russia </P> </Td> <Td> Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud <P> King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia </P> </Td> <Td> Hu Jintao <P> General Secretary of the Communist Party of China </P> </Td> <Td> Vladimir Putin <P> Prime Minister of Russia </P> </Td> <Td colspan="2"> Xi Jinping <P> President of China </P> </Td> <Td> Barack Obama <P> President of the United States </P> </Td> <Td> Angela Merkel <P> Chancellor of Germany </P> </Td> <Td> Donald Trump <P> President of the United States </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Ben Bernanke <P> Chair of the Federal Reserve </P> </Td> <Td> Vladimir Putin <P> Prime Minister of Russia </P> </Td> <Td> Angela Merkel <P> Chancellor of Germany </P> </Td> <Td> Bill Gates <P> Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft </P> </Td> <Td colspan="3"> Francis <P> Pope of the Holy See </P> </Td> <Td> Xi Jinping <P> General Secretary of the Communist Party of China </P> </Td> <Td> Angela Merkel <P> Chancellor of Germany </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 5 </Th> <Td> Sergey Brin <P> Larry Page Co-Founders of Google </P> </Td> <Td> Benedict XVI <P> Pope of the Holy See </P> </Td> <Td> Bill Gates <P> Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft </P> </Td> <Td> Pope Benedict XVI <P> Pope of the Holy See </P> </Td> <Td colspan="2"> Angela Merkel <P> Chancellor of Germany </P> </Td> <Td> Xi Jinping <P> General Secretary of the Communist Party of China </P> </Td> <Td> Francis <P> Pope of the Holy See </P> </Td> <Td> Jeff Bezos <P> Chairman and CEO of Amazon </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 6 </Th> <Td> Carlos Slim <P> Chief executive of Telmex </P> </Td> <Td> Angela Merkel <P> Chancellor of Germany </P> </Td> <Td> Abdullah of Saudi Arabia <P> King of Saudi Arabia </P> </Td> <Td> Ben Bernanke <P> Chair of the Federal Reserve </P> </Td> <Td> Bill Gates <P> Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft </P> </Td> <Td> Janet Yellen <P> Chair of the Federal Reserve </P> </Td> <Td> Bill Gates <P> Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft </P> </Td> <Td> Janet Yellen <P> Chair of the Federal Reserve </P> </Td> <Td> Francis <P> Pope of the Holy See </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 7 </Th> <Td> Rupert Murdoch <P> Chairman of News Corporation </P> </Td> <Td> David Cameron <P> Prime Minister of the United Kingdom </P> </Td> <Td> Pope Benedict XVI <P> Pope of the Holy See </P> </Td> <Td> Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud <P> King of Saudi Arabia </P> </Td> <Td> Ben Bernanke <P> Chair of the Federal Reserve </P> </Td> <Td> Bill Gates <P> Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft </P> </Td> <Td> Janet Yellen <P> Chair of the Federal Reserve </P> </Td> <Td colspan="2"> Bill Gates <P> Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 8 </Th> <Td> Mike Duke <P> Chief Executive of Walmart </P> </Td> <Td colspan="2"> Ben Bernanke <P> Chair of the Federal Reserve </P> </Td> <Td> Mario Draghi <P> President of the European Central Bank </P> </Td> <Td> Abdullah of Saudi Arabia <P> King of Saudi Arabia </P> </Td> <Td> Mario Draghi <P> President of the European Central Bank </P> </Td> <Td> David Cameron <P> Prime Minister of the United Kingdom </P> </Td> <Td> Larry Page <P> Co-Founder of Google </P> </Td> <Td> Mohammad bin Salman Al - Saud <P> Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 9 </Th> <Td> Abdullah of Saudi Arabia <P> King of Saudi Arabia </P> </Td> <Td> Sonia Gandhi <P> President of the Indian National Congress </P> </Td> <Td> Mark Zuckerberg <P> Founder & CEO of Facebook </P> </Td>
<Table> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Th> 2009 </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> 2011 </Th> <Th> 2012 </Th> <Th> 2013 </Th> <Th> 2014 </Th> <Th> 2015 </Th> <Th> 2016 </Th> <Th> 2018 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Barack Obama <P> President of the United States </P> </Td> <Td> Hu Jintao <P> President of China </P> </Td> <Td colspan="2"> Barack Obama <P> President of the United States </P> </Td> <Td colspan="4"> Vladimir Putin <P> President of Russia </P> </Td> <Td> Xi Jinping <P> General Secretary of the Communist Party of China </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Hu Jintao <P> President of China </P> </Td> <Td> Barack Obama <P> President of the United States </P> </Td> <Td> Vladimir Putin <P> Prime Minister of Russia </P> </Td> <Td> Angela Merkel <P> Chancellor of Germany </P> </Td> <Td colspan="2"> Barack Obama <P> President of the United States </P> </Td> <Td> Angela Merkel <P> Chancellor of Germany </P> </Td> <Td> Donald Trump <P> President - elect of the United States </P> </Td> <Td> Vladimir Putin <P> President of Russia </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Vladimir Putin <P> Prime Minister of Russia </P> </Td> <Td> Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud <P> King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia </P> </Td> <Td> Hu Jintao <P> General Secretary of the Communist Party of China </P> </Td> <Td> Vladimir Putin <P> Prime Minister of Russia </P> </Td> <Td colspan="2"> Xi Jinping <P> President of China </P> </Td> <Td> Barack Obama <P> President of the United States </P> </Td> <Td> Angela Merkel <P> Chancellor of Germany </P> </Td> <Td> Donald Trump <P> President of the United States </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Ben Bernanke <P> Chair of the Federal Reserve </P> </Td> <Td> Vladimir Putin <P> Prime Minister of Russia </P> </Td> <Td> Angela Merkel <P> Chancellor of Germany </P> </Td> <Td> Bill Gates <P> Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft </P> </Td> <Td colspan="3"> Francis <P> Pope of the Holy See </P> </Td> <Td> Xi Jinping <P> General Secretary of the Communist Party of China </P> </Td> <Td> Angela Merkel <P> Chancellor of Germany </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 5 </Th> <Td> Sergey Brin <P> Larry Page Co-Founders of Google </P> </Td> <Td> Benedict XVI <P> Pope of the Holy See </P> </Td> <Td> Bill Gates <P> Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft </P> </Td> <Td> Pope Benedict XVI <P> Pope of the Holy See </P> </Td> <Td colspan="2"> Angela Merkel <P> Chancellor of Germany </P> </Td> <Td> Xi Jinping <P> General Secretary of the Communist Party of China </P> </Td> <Td> Francis <P> Pope of the Holy See </P> </Td> <Td> Jeff Bezos <P> Chairman and CEO of Amazon </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 6 </Th> <Td> Carlos Slim <P> Chief executive of Telmex </P> </Td> <Td> Angela Merkel <P> Chancellor of Germany </P> </Td> <Td> Abdullah of Saudi Arabia <P> King of Saudi Arabia </P> </Td> <Td> Ben Bernanke <P> Chair of the Federal Reserve </P> </Td> <Td> Bill Gates <P> Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft </P> </Td> <Td> Janet Yellen <P> Chair of the Federal Reserve </P> </Td> <Td> Bill Gates <P> Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft </P> </Td> <Td> Janet Yellen <P> Chair of the Federal Reserve </P> </Td> <Td> Francis <P> Pope of the Holy See </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 7 </Th> <Td> Rupert Murdoch <P> Chairman of News Corporation </P> </Td> <Td> David Cameron <P> Prime Minister of the United Kingdom </P> </Td> <Td> Pope Benedict XVI <P> Pope of the Holy See </P> </Td> <Td> Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud <P> King of Saudi Arabia </P> </Td> <Td> Ben Bernanke <P> Chair of the Federal Reserve </P> </Td> <Td> Bill Gates <P> Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft </P> </Td> <Td> Janet Yellen <P> Chair of the Federal Reserve </P> </Td> <Td colspan="2"> Bill Gates <P> Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 8 </Th> <Td> Mike Duke <P> Chief Executive of Walmart </P> </Td> <Td colspan="2"> Ben Bernanke <P> Chair of the Federal Reserve </P> </Td> <Td> Mario Draghi <P> President of the European Central Bank </P> </Td> <Td> Abdullah of Saudi Arabia <P> King of Saudi Arabia </P> </Td> <Td> Mario Draghi <P> President of the European Central Bank </P> </Td> <Td> David Cameron <P> Prime Minister of the United Kingdom </P> </Td> <Td> Larry Page <P> Co-Founder of Google </P> </Td> <Td> Mohammad bin Salman Al - Saud <P> Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 9 </Th> <Td> Abdullah of Saudi Arabia <P> King of Saudi Arabia </P> </Td> <Td> Sonia Gandhi <P> President of the Indian National Congress </P> </Td> <Td> Mark Zuckerberg <P> Founder & CEO of Facebook </P> </Td>
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