Top 5 Most Powerful Female Leaders in The World

1. Angela Merkel (1954- Present)

Angela Merkel became the first woman Chancellor of Germany at her election in 2005. She was re-elected in 2009, in 2013 and again in 2017, making her one of the most powerful European leaders since World War II.

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2. Dilma Rousseff (1947- Present)

Dilma Vana Rousseff is a Brazilian economist and politician who was the 36th President of Brazil, holding the position from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016, becoming the first democratically-elected female president in the world to be impeached and removed.

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3. Melinda Gates (1964- Present)

Melinda Ann Gates is an American philanthropist, former Microsoft employee, and wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. She is co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She worked at Microsoft, where she was project manager for Microsoft Bob, Encarta and Expedia.

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4. Hillary Clinton (1947- Present)

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is an American politician who was the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, U.S. Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, 67th United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, and the Democratic Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election.

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5. Oprah Winfrey (1954- Present)

Oprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she has been ranked the richest African-American, the greatest black philanthropist in American history, and is North America's first multi-billionaire black person.

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