50 MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD 2OO9

NAIRALANDERS,

Newsweek published their list of the 50 most  powerful people in the world. No surprise the new leader of the free world President Elect Barack Obama tops the list. I’m not going to lie I had to look some of these people up. Like Hu Jintao who according to Wiki is the “Paramount Leader of the Peoples Republic of China”. 4-5-6 which Newsweek dubs the “Economic Trimvirate” (What a Name!) consists of  Ben Bernanke of the US. Federal Reserve; Jean-Claude Trichet of the European Central Bank (ECB); Masaaki Shirakawa of the Bank of Japan; and, to a lesser extent, counterparts in China, India, Brazil, Mexico and elsewhere. They say that that these individuals will be responsible for leading the world through this current world financial crisis. The Clintons come in at #14, while 7 years after 9/11 an uncapturedOsama Bin Ladenis #42 he even beats out Oprah at #47. PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE CAME #49! THE POPE AND ADEBOYE ARE THE ONLY TWO CHRISTIAN  LEADERS.ITS A PRIDE FOR NIGERIANS.
Take a look at this list. Like I said before your going to have to google some of these names




THE LIST

1: Barack Obama
2: Hu Jintao
3: Nicolas Sarkozy
4-5-6: Economic Triumvirate
7: Gordon Brown
8: Angela Merkel
9: Vladimir Putin
10: Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud
11: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
12: Kim Jong Il
13-14: The Clintons
15: Timothy Geithner
16: Gen. David Petraeus
17: Sonia Gandhi
18: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
19: Warren Buffett
20: Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
21: Nuri al-Maliki
22-23: The Philanthropists
24: Nancy Pelosi
25: Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
26: Mike Duke
27: Rahm Emanuel
28: Eric Schmidt
29: Jamie Dimon
30-31: Friends of Barack
32: Dominique Strauss-Kahn
33: Rex Tillerson
34: Steve Jobs
35: John Lasseter
36: Michael Bloomberg
37: Pope Benedict XVI
38: Katsuaki Watanabe
39: Rupert Murdoch
40: Jeff Bezos
41: Shahrukh Khan
42: Osama bin Laden
43: Hassan Nasrallah
44: Dr. Margaret Chan
45: Carlos Slim Helú
46: The Dalai Lama
47: Oprah Winfrey
48: Amr Khaled
49: E. A. Adeboye
50: Jim Roger


i thinks he deserves it

Adeboye?

yes ADEBOYE of the redeemed church, our own broda. he is a secret OBAMA of nija

43: Hassan Nasrallah

How did that happen?

ohismuyiwa:

50 MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD 2OO9

NAIRALANDERS,

Newsweek published their list of the 50 most  powerful people in the world. No surprise the new leader of the free world President Elect Barack Obama tops the list. I’m not going to lie I had to look some of these people up. Like Hu Jintao who according to Wiki is the “Paramount Leader of the Peoples Republic of China”. 4-5-6 which Newsweek dubs the “Economic Trimvirate” (What a Name!) consists of  Ben Bernanke of the US. Federal Reserve; Jean-Claude Trichet of the European Central Bank (ECB); Masaaki Shirakawa of the Bank of Japan; and, to a lesser extent, counterparts in China, India, Brazil, Mexico and elsewhere. They say that that these individuals will be responsible for leading the world through this current world financial crisis. The Clintons come in at #14, while 7 years after 9/11 an uncapturedOsama Bin Ladenis #42 he even beats out Oprah at #47. PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE CAME #49! THE POPE AND ADEBOYE ARE THE ONLY TWO CHRISTIAN  LEADERS.ITS A PRIDE FOR NIGERIANS.
Take a look at this list. Like I said before your going to have to google some of these names




THE LIST

1: Barack Obama
2: Hu Jintao
3: Nicolas Sarkozy
4-5-6: Economic Triumvirate
7: Gordon Brown
8: Angela Merkel
9: Vladimir Putin
10: Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud
11: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
12: Kim Jong Il
13-14: The Clintons
15: Timothy Geithner
16: Gen. David Petraeus
17: Sonia Gandhi
18: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
19: Warren Buffett
20: Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
21: Nuri al-Maliki
22-23: The Philanthropists
24: Nancy Pelosi
25: Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
26: Mike Duke
27: Rahm Emanuel
28: Eric Schmidt
29: Jamie Dimon
30-31: Friends of Barack
32: Dominique Strauss-Kahn
33: Rex Tillerson
34: Steve Jobs
35: John Lasseter
36: Michael Bloomberg
37: Pope Benedict XVI
38: Katsuaki Watanabe
39: Rupert Murdoch
40: Jeff Bezos
41: Shahrukh Khan
42: Osama bin Laden
43: Hassan Nasrallah
44: Dr. Margaret Chan
45: Carlos Slim Helú
46: The Dalai Lama
47: Oprah Winfrey
48: Amr Khaled
49: E. A. Adeboye
50: Jim Roger


i thinks he deserves it

HASSAN Nasrallah is a prominent figure in Lebanese politics. Charismatic, highly intelligent, and deeply religious, his face appears on billboards, key chains, and screensavers; excerpts of his speeches are even used as cell phone ringtones. THE GUY STILL POPULAR SHAAA, XPECIALLY IN THE ARAB WORLD

41: Shahrukh Khan

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Who compiled these lists? How come Seun didn't make the list? Is the compiler a 419 (sorry number 419 in the list?)

how in the world did adeboye make the list i was actually reading the list and i blinked twice when i saw his name. lol it must have been a miracle! maybe the compiler of the list is a RCCGian.

warren,adeboye and Oprah Winfrey

This is wack. HASSAN Nasrallah my foot, since when a terrorist is now regarded as powerful, what of Osama

46: The Dalai Lama

Yet he cannot free his homeland from China.

Yet he has been on the run for the past 50years!

This is one hell of rubbish list!

Nasrullah of course, He established the powerful Hizbullah challenging Israeli and Amarican Hegemony in the Mid-East. Hizbullah defeated Israeli Armies Twice in 2000 and 2006. with the presence of Hizbullah in Middle East even American state of department believe that a new order of Islam is finding its way to thrive in that bloc. A person that smashed down the American faces must be the great in the world.

@abu safwan
u've spoken d trut. Even some claim dt no army can defeit Israeli army but Hizbullah prove dem wrong in 2000 nd 2006. KUDOS 2 NASRULAH! Kudos 2 hizbullah army

for me ,its John F Kennedy

for his Diplomatic ingenuity in handling Cuban missile crisis and also the Bay of Pig episode

I will hail him for the survival of civilisation

The other one is asking Adeboye? is it because he a Nigerian? u are suprised cos u are a caword

#1 & 2 should be switched for obvious reasons, including the Dali Lama not being invited to the White House by Obama. . .

simmy:

Adeboye?

A conscientious examination of the list reveals that it spans across divers sectors: Politics, Entertainment, Terrorism, Religion, Business, Technolgy, Finance, Islamic community, Military, Media e.t.c

"Powerful" Men are regarded as people of great influence; the movers and shakers of their sectors.

Pastor Adeboye is sure a powerful man in the context of religion not only in Nigeria but across the world.

, personally; i expect TED TURNER's name to be on the list, he could make or mar anybody in the world with his media prowess, ( not discredting BLOOMBERG and RUPERT though), recall that OBAMA's victory could not have been complete without him,

Cheers.

Shahrukh khan? the indian actor?how da hell is he powerful?he uses special effects!!!

they should do nother poll for the top 50 african pastors

Adeboye merits it!!!!!!!!!

osama bin laden heeeheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Putin My Russian Hero

Most names on the list are ok

The term Powerful is relative in this case

For some, the office they occupy weilds a lot of power, for others, they are mostly influential figures and lack real powers!

If being Influential is synonym to being powerful then i don't see any reason why Adeboye couldn't be on the list. . . .The man could influence thousands of Nigerians and African alike with a few statements, something the combination of most political colossus will never be able to achieve.

All that asides, WTF is Micheal Bloomberg doing on the list? Besides being a Mayor and being a successful businessman, what sorts of major powers does he wield?

@topic poster
Pls do you have info on what the compiler of the list meant by most powerful men, i mean is it in term of political power,financial,social or what?

Interesting list.

[/color][color=#990000]osama bin laden is supposed to be among the top ten becos there is nothing and nobody his terrorist organisation (al qaeda) can not kill. And why is mitchell obama not on this list ? The wife of the president of the united states weilds a lot of power. All it takes is 2 whisper into her honey's ear..... Darling plsss, just do this 4 me..... And why is pst chris oyakhilome not on this list, meanwhile bin laden is dead oooo[color=#990000][/color]osama bin laden is supposed to be among the top ten becos there is nothing and nobody his terrorist organisation (al qaeda) can not kill. And why is mitchell obama not on this list ? The wife of the president of the united states weilds a lot of power. All it takes is 2 whisper into her honey's ear..... Darling plsss, just do this 4 me..... And why is pst chris oyakhilome not on this list, meanwhile bin laden is dead oooo[/color][color=#990000]osama bin laden is supposed to be among the top ten becos there is nothing and nobody his terrorist organisation (al qaeda) can not kill. And why is mitchell obama not on this list ? The wife of the president of the united states weilds a lot of power. All it takes is 2 whisper into her honey's ear..... Darling plsss, just do this 4 me..... And why is pst chris oyakhilome not on this list, meanwhile bin laden is dead oooo