Nigerian minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been listed with 10 other black women in Forbes 2012 list of the most powerful women in the world. She was ranked number 81 on the list.
Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel was listed first on the list, followed by US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton. First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama is the highest ranked black woman, coming in at number 7.
Media mogul Oprah Winfrey comes in at number 11 and Stefani “Lady GaGa” Germanotta is the highest ranked artiste at 14.


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American business magazine Forbes has listed Nigeria’s Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in their recent ‘Most Powerful Women in 2012‘ list.

Only three Africans make the list: Malawian President Joyce Banda who comes in at 61st place, Okonjo-Iweala at 81, and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf who follows closely at 82.

Iweala, 58, is serving a second time in the ministry of finance. From 2003 to 2006 she served Nigeria under the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Other popular celebrities-figures that made the list include – US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, US First Lady Michelle Obama, Pop star Lady Gaga, R&B diva Beyonce, Shakira to mention a few.

the full list

1. Angela Merkel
2. Hillary Clinton
3. Dilma Rousseff
4. Melinda Gates
5. Jill Abramson
6. Sonia Gandhi
7. Michelle Obama
8. Christine Lagarde
9. Janet Napolitano
10. Sheryl Sandberg
11. Oprah Winfrey
12. Indra Nooyi
13. Irene Rosenfeld
14. Lady Gaga
15. Virginia Rometty
16. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
17. Ursula Burns
18. Meg Whitman
19. Aung San Suu Kyi
20. Maria das Graças Silva Foster
21. Marissa Mayer
22. Anne Sweeney
23. Diane Sawyer
24. Angela Braly
25. Susan Wojcicki
26. Queen Elizabeth II
27. Julia Gillard
28. Nancy Pelosi
29. Arianna Huffington
30. Yingluck Shinawatra
31. Kathleen Sebelius
32. Beyonce Knowles
33. Diane Von Furstenberg
34. Helen Clark
35. Georgina Rinehart
36. Amy Pascal
37. Margaret Chan
38. Jennifer Lopez
39. Sheri McCoy
40. Shakira
41. Mary Barra
42. Zhang Xin & family
43. Alice Walton
44. Laura Lang
45. Angela Ahrendts
46. Sue Naegle
47. Ellen DeGeneres
48. Safra Catz
49. Laurene Powell Jobs & family
50. Rosalind Brewer
51. Anna Wintour
52. Helene Gayle
53. Christiane Amanpour
54. Rosalia Mera
55. Cynthia Carroll
56. Cher Wang
57. Abigail Johnson
58. Padmasree Warrior
59. Chanda Kochhar
60. Gail Kelly
61. Margaret Hamburg
62. Ellen Kullman
63. Drew Gilpin Faust
64. Shari Arison
65. Mary Schapiro
66. Angelina Jolie
67. Miuccia Prada
68. Carol Meyrowitz
69. Ertharin Cousin
70. Sue Gardner
71. Joyce Banda
72. Sri Mulyani Indrawati
73. Bonnie Hammer
74. Chua Sock Koong
75. Sofia Vergara
76. Ho Ching
77. Tina Brown
78. J.K. Rowling
79. Chan Laiwa & family
80. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
81. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
82. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
83. Gisele Bundchen
84. Mary Meeker
85. Shaikha Al-Bahar
86. Marjorie Scardino
87. Solina Chau
88. Jan Fields
89. Weili Dai
90. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
91. Sun Yafang
92. Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi
93. Guler Sabanci
94. Greta Van Susteren
95. Mary Callahan Erdoes
96. Mindy Grossman
97. Patricia Woertz
98. Judith Rodin
99. Beth Brooke
100. Sheikha Mayassa Al Thani

Well She is our Finance Minister, and it is our money.
Therefore all of us are up there on that list. Every single Nigerian home and abroad.

Great. Hope her power would reflect on our economy

Who cares about number 2 not to talk of 81?

Prof Corruption: Who cares about number 2 not to talk of 81?

U badt gon!

Sam Milla: Well She is our Finance Minister, and it is our money.
Therefore all of us are up there on that list. Every single Nigerian home and abroad.

Bross, na your money she use get PH.D And make herself outstanding?!
When it's a good news» we're all Nigerians, We're good people
Bad News» she/he's from ... State, na so dem dey do for there

GOD bless Nigeria(ns)

I will never forget her statement when she lost the World Bank presidency bid
"Even though I didn't win, I am glad that the international community can acknowledge that an African qualified for a position of such repute on merit"

This takes me back to the words of Jesus Christ,
"Only in his hometown, among his relatives and in his own house is a prophet without honor." Mark 6:4
The same Okonjo that some Nigerians would rather hang for her supposed role in the fuel subsidy saga is gathering international accolades and recognitions while the critics are decreasing by the day.
This also collaborates the Words of the Master in Matt 5:11,
"Blessed are you when men shall hate you and revile you,accuse u falsely and say all manner of evil against you..."
Wise people use the stones cast by their enemies at them to build a castle.

Prof Corruption: Who cares about number 2 not to talk of 81?

Hope you'll say this if it had been your relation.

We are proud of you Ngozi!Its good to read. Any woman there from the Muslim world?

odehaj: We are proud of you Ngozi!Its good to read. Any woman there from the Muslim world?

did you even check?

85, 92, 100

i just read from Ngozi downwards and found these

Dis list has been dere 4 something now. She is on d list becos she influences d lives of 160 million people. D list does not take into account her educational background or d quality of her decisions.

Turai Yaradua didn't make the list?. Oyinbo and mago mago sha.

Think Tonto Dikeh should make the list. Proof : despite her rudeness to her fans she had 3.2million download of her music in 24hours

How does this list solve the flooding problem in Nigeria?
How does Forbes magazine define "powerful",,,,just asking

torres2: Think Tonto Dikeh should make the list

Who/what is that?! A politician?
We're celebrating a Nigerian here not foreign politician

Wow, this is good. Her listing is not out of place because she was almost elected as the head of the World Bank.

Euroclydon:
76. Ho Ching
77. Tina Brown
78. J.K. Rowling
79. Chan Laiwa & family
80. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Harry Potter Fan

Go ahead and tell us how much he payed for the lobbyist to get her name there

Good for her!!!

Too much of somethigs are bad. Congrats to Ngozi make she use her good office and help her village boys they no get work flood don finally come finish them

torres2: Think Tonto Dikeh should make the list. Proof : despite her rudeness to her fans she had 3.2million download of her music in 24hours

Nigga!pls drop that Tonto Dike matter, hater.GET A LIFE BOUH!

whitecat007: Go ahead and tell us how much he payed for the lobbyist to get her name there

Calm down

Shes been on the list for a while.

Well,so great.

whitecat007: Go ahead and tell us how much he payed for the lobbyist to get her name there

Don't allow nsiko mentality to k1ll you.

Ngozi Okonjo Iweala : The most Powerful African woman ( Not black woman) Dead or Alive , Kudos to Igbo women . Despite the Marginalisation, Genocide and hunger as a war weapon news at least something that will gladen the hearts of Igbos.

Those who arent happy should die in their hatred , i remember that was how the same folks cried blue murder when she did nto get the world bank post did that still solve your Flood problem or prevent it.

Wow! Happy for her. Yes you are making us proud.

These oyinbos and their meaningless compilations. The people on this their so called lists should enjoy the 'Feel good' feeling this will bring to them while it lasts without forgetting that nothing lasts forever and we are all going to die sooner or later. Kudos to people anywhere in the world who are also hardworking and are excelling/excelled in their own fields but haven't been recognized nor mentioned by these oyinbos .

Euroclydon: Recent ‘Most Powerful Women in 2012‘

the full list

1. Angela Merkel
2. Hillary Clinton
3. Dilma Rousseff
4. Melinda Gates
5. Jill Abramson
6. Sonia Gandhi
7. Michelle Obama
8. Christine Lagarde
9. Janet Napolitano
10. Sheryl Sandberg
11. Oprah Winfrey
12. Indra Nooyi
13. Irene Rosenfeld
14. Lady Gaga
15. Virginia Rometty
16. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
17. Ursula Burns
18. Meg Whitman
19. Aung San Suu Kyi
20. Maria das Graças Silva Foster
21. Marissa Mayer
22. Anne Sweeney
23. Diane Sawyer
24. Angela Braly
25. Susan Wojcicki
26. Queen Elizabeth II
27. Julia Gillard
28. Nancy Pelosi
29. Arianna Huffington
30. Yingluck Shinawatra
31. Kathleen Sebelius
32. Beyonce Knowles
33. Diane Von Furstenberg
34. Helen Clark
35. Georgina Rinehart
36. Amy Pascal
37. Margaret Chan
38. Jennifer Lopez
39. Sheri McCoy
40. Shakira
41. Mary Barra
42. Zhang Xin & family
43. Alice Walton
44. Laura Lang
45. Angela Ahrendts
46. Sue Naegle
47. Ellen DeGeneres
48. Safra Catz
49. Laurene Powell Jobs & family
50. Rosalind Brewer
51. Anna Wintour
52. Helene Gayle
53. Christiane Amanpour
54. Rosalia Mera
55. Cynthia Carroll
56. Cher Wang
57. Abigail Johnson
58. Padmasree Warrior
59. Chanda Kochhar
60. Gail Kelly
61. Margaret Hamburg
62. Ellen Kullman
63. Drew Gilpin Faust
64. Shari Arison
65. Mary Schapiro
66. Angelina Jolie
67. Miuccia Prada
68. Carol Meyrowitz
69. Ertharin Cousin
70. Sue Gardner
71. Joyce Banda
72. Sri Mulyani Indrawati
73. Bonnie Hammer
74. Chua Sock Koong
75. Sofia Vergara
76. Ho Ching
77. Tina Brown
78. J.K. Rowling
79. Chan Laiwa & family
80. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
81. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
82. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
83. Gisele Bundchen
84. Mary Meeker
85. Shaikha Al-Bahar
86. Marjorie Scardino
87. Solina Chau
88. Jan Fields
89. Weili Dai
90. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
91. Sun Yafang
92. Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi
93. Guler Sabanci
94. Greta Van Susteren
95. Mary Callahan Erdoes
96. Mindy Grossman
97. Patricia Woertz
98. Judith Rodin
99. Beth Brooke
100. Sheikha Mayassa Al Thani

Oprah Winfrey, Lady Gaga, Ursula Burns & Aung San Suu Kyi more POWERful than Queen Elizabeth II?
Just wondering their definition of powerful

She is an inspiration, but sometimes, I wonder...

Congrats Ngooo my big Sister, who ever think is easy or he/she can get it with money should get prepare for 2013. What some pple suffer here is typical low mentality syndrome and is incurable ok, so sorry. Again Congrates sisi we will continue to celebrate u and ur immesurable achievements.

congrats to her