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1. LUIz INACIO LULA DA SILVA President of Brazil Lula da Silva was first elected Brazil’s President in 2002 and won the second term in 2006. His initiatives like Fome Zero (zero starvation) aimed at curbing hunger and education improvement programmes is an attempt to propel Brazil towards the First World tag. 2. J.T. WANG CEO of Acer in Taiwan In 2005, when Wang was appointed top executive for Acer, it ranked fifth in the global PC market. Since then, Acer has raced ahead of Dell, behind only HP to No. 2, with more than 14% of the market. 3. ADMIRAL MIKE MULLEN Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in USA As the highest ranking US official in uniform, Mullen made a breakthrough statement regarding the rights of gays and lesbians to serve their country. He has taken clear stands on matters of military doctrine, emphasising troops over weapons systems and counterinsurgency over the use of overwhelmoverwhelm ing force. 4. BARACK OBAMA President of USA During the healthcare battle, Obama got zero Republican support and had to spend political capital just to keep his own party in line. That urge to convince, to persuade, to draw in political opponents, was used more notably in the coming years. His ability to coordinate the wildly varying political interests of China, India, Russia, Brazil and the other issues like nuclear proliferation, human rights and climate change are a few traits of his political personality. 5. RON BLOOM Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury (Auto Task Force) and Senior Counsellor to the US President for Manufacturing Policy Bloom came to the rescue of General Motors and Chrysler while preserving more than 100,000 jobs, and worked both sides of the equation with authority and respect. If GM and Chrysler went under, under economists feared a series of cascading bankruptcies as thousands of partsmakers and other aligned businesses followed. The US lent a bankrupt GM $52 billion and Chrysler $15 billion. 6. YUKIO HATOYAMA Former Prime Minister of Japan The former Japanese Prime Minister left the conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to start a new party, which, after merging with other groups, finally broke the LDP’s virtual monopoly on power in 2009. The party’s goals – a more equal partnership with the US, more power to elected politicians, more transparency – are all commendable. Hatoyama has helped change his country from a de facto one-party state into a functioning democracy. 7. DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) When Strauss-Kahn was appointed managing director of the IMF in 2007, people doubted the purpose of its existence. The Great Recession has placed the IMF back in the spotlight, whether it is helping manage international economic cooperation or coming to the aid of basket cases like Greece. StraussKahn has handled his responsibilities with both flair and a sure hand. 8. NANCY PELOSI Speaker of the US House of Representatives During her stint as speaker in the House of Representatives, Pelosi has fought for all Americans especially working families and their children. The passage of the historic health care reform bill is simply the latest example of her leadership, savvy and unwavering commitment to improving the lives of Americans everywhere. 9. SARAH PALIN Former Governor of Alaska When Palin was chosen as the Alaskan Governor, she declared that top priorities of her administration would be resource development, education and workforce development, public health and safety, safety, and transportation and infrastructure development. Her first legislative action after taking office was to push for a bipartisan ethics reform bill. She signed the resulting legislation in July 2007, declaring that she remained determined to clean up Alaska politics. 10. SALAM FAYYAD Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority The Prime Minister has always strived for peace with Israel. In his three years in office, he undertook certain reforms for the betterment of security and economy in the West Bank: Palestinians can move around more freely, jobs have been created, civil servants receive a regular salary, and people generally feel safer. Source: www.time.com
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