Arroyo in Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women

Arroyo in Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women

29 August 2008 10 Comments Add to Technorati Favorites

According to Forbes Magazine, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is number 41 among the most powerful women in the world. President Arroyo is 10 notches higher from the magazine’s World’s 100 Most Powerful Women list last year.

Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita shrugged off the Forbes’ report saying that President Arroyo is not after popularity but governance.

President Arroyo was described by Forbes as a scandal-tainted president whose popularity plunged to a record low in 2008 due to the problems in oil and fuel prices.

The article said : "A recent imbroglio: Arroyo’s husband is among those accused of accepting bribes in a $330 million deal with a Chinese telecom firm. Despite rumors of another ouster campaign in the works, Arroyo has survived three impeachment attempts and three coup plots since taking office in 2001 and is sure to fight back."

In 2005, President Arroyo got her highest ranking after landing in the 5th spot. In 2004, she landed in the 9th slot. In 2006, her ranking dropped to 45th.

The top 100 includes Oprah Winfrey (#36), U.S.Senator Hillary Clinton #28), U.S.Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice (#7). German Chancellor Angela Merkel tops the list at #1.

Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women

Rank Name Occupation Country

1 Angela Merkel Chancellor Germany

2 Sheila C. Bair Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. U.S.

3 Indra K. Nooyi Chairman, chief executive, PepsiCo U.S.

4 Angela Braly Chief executive, president, WellPoint U.S.

5 Cynthia Carroll Chief executive, Anglo American U.K.

6 Irene B. Rosenfeld Chairman, chief executive, Kraft Foods U.S.

7 Condoleezza Rice Secretary of state U.S.

8 Ho Ching Chief executive, Temasek Holdings Singapore

9 Anne Lauvergeon Chief executive, Areva France

10 Anne Mulcahy Chairman, chief executive, Xerox Corp. U.S.

11 Gail Kelly Chief executive and managing director, Westpac Bank Australia

12 Patricia A. Woertz Chairman, chief executive, president, Archer Daniels Midland U.S.

13 Cristina Fernandez President Argentina

14 Christine Lagarde Minister of economy, finance and employment France

15 Safra A. Catz President and chief financial officer, Oracle U.S.

16 Carol B. Tome Executive vice president and chief financial officer, Home Depot U.S.

17 Yulia Tymoshenko Prime minister Ukraine

18 Mary Sammons Chairman, chief executive, president, Rite Aid U.S.

19 Andrea Jung Chairman, chief executive, Avon U.S.

20 Marjorie Scardino Chief executive, Pearson PLC U.K.

21 Sonia Gandhi President, Indian National Congress Party India

22 Risa Lavizzo-Mourey Chief Executive and President, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation U.S.

23 Sri Mulyani Indrawati Coordinating minister for economic affairs and finance minister Indonesia

24 Dr. Julie Gerberding Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention U.S.

25 Michelle Bachelet President Chile

26 Ellen Alemany Chief executive, Royal Bank of Scotland Americas U.S.

27 Carol Meyrowitz Chief executive, president, The TJX Cos. U.S.

28 Hillary Rodham Clinton U.S. senator, New York U.S.

29 Hynd Bouhia Director General, Casablanca Stock Exchange Morocco

30 Anne Sweeney President, Disney-ABC Television Group U.S.

31 Valentina Matviyenko Governor, St. Petersburg region Russia

32 Nancy Tellem President, CBS Paramount Television Entertainment Group U.S.

33 Ann Livermore Executive vice president, Hewlett-Packard U.S.

34 Marina Berlusconi Chairman, Finivest Group and Mondadori Group Italy

35 Nancy Pelosi Speaker, House of Representatives U.S.

36 Oprah Winfrey Chairman, Harpo U.S.

37 Gulzhan Moldazhanova Chief Executive, Basic Element Russia

38 Aung San Suu Kyi Deposed prime minister; Nobel peace laureate Myanmar

39 Lynn Laverty Elsenhans Chief executive and president, Sunoco U.S.

40 Melinda Gates Co-founder, co-chairman, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation U.S.

41 Gloria Arroyo President Philippines

42 Jane Mendillo President and chief executive, Harvard Management Co. U.S.

43 Linda Z. Cook Executive director, gas and power, Royal Dutch Shell Netherlands

44 Laura Bush First lady U.S.

45 Brenda Barnes Chief executive, Sara Lee U.S.

46 Christine Poon Vice chairman, Johnson & Johnson U.S.

47 Neelie Kroes Competition commissioner, European Union Netherlands

48 Amy Woods Brinkley Global risk executive, Bank of America U.S.

49 Susan E. Arnold President, global business units, Procter & Gamble U.S.

50 Susan Decker President, Yahoo! U.S.

51 Ana Patricia Botin Chairman, Banesto Spain

52 Tzipora Livni Vice prime minister and minister of foreign affairs Israel

53 Dominique Senequier Chief executive officer, AXA Private Equity France

54 Amy Pascal Co-chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment U.S.

55 Ursula Burns President, Xerox U.S.

56 Helen Clark Prime minister New Zealand

57 Laura Desmond Chief executive officer, Starcom MediaVest Group Worldwide U.S.

58 Queen Elizabeth II Queen U.K.

59 Mayawati Kumari Chief minister, Uttar Pradesh India

60 Judy McGrath Chairman and chief executive officer, MTV Networks U.S.

61 Meredith Vieira Co-anchor, Today show, NBC News U.S.

62 Katie Couric Anchor, CBS Evening News, CBS News U.S.

63 Barbara Walters Correspondent, ABC News U.S.

64 Sallie Krawcheck Chairman and chief executive, Global Wealth Management, Citigroup U.S.

65 Diane Sawyer Anchor, Good Morning America, ABC News U.S.

66 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf President Liberia

67 Janice Fields Chief operating officer and executive vice president, McDonald’s U.S.

68 Zhang Xin Chief executive officer, co-founder, Soho China

69 Zaha Hadid Founder, Zaha Hadid Architects U.K.

70 Yang Mian Mian President, Haier China

71 Tarja Halonen President Finland

72 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Justice, Supreme Court U.S.

73 Hyun Jeong-Eun Chairman, Hyundai Group South Korea

74 Mary McAleese President Ireland

75 Guler Sabanci Chairman, Sabanci Holding Turkey

76 Drew Gilpin Faust President, Harvard University U.S.

77 Lisa M. Weber President, Individual Business, MetLife U.S.

78 Dora Bakoyannis Foreign minister Greece

79 Beth Brooke Global vice chairman, Ernst & Young U.S.

80 Lee Myung-Hee Chairman, Shinsegae Group South Korea

81 Susan M. Ivey Chief executive, Reynolds American U.S.

82 Nancy McKinstry CEO, Wolters Kluwer Netherlands

83 Janet L. Robinson President and chief executive, The New York Times Co. U.S.

84 Margaret Chan Director-general, World Health Organization Switzerland

85 Clara Furse Chief executive, London Stock Exchange U.K.

86 Ellen J. Kullman Executive vice president, DuPont U.S.

87 Susan Desmond-Hellmann President, product development, Genentech U.S.

88 Eva Cheng Chief executive, Greater China and Southeast Asia, Amway China

89 Maha Al-Ghunaim Chairman, managing director, Global Investment House Kuwait

90 Christina Gold Chief executive, Western Union U.S.

91 Christiane Amanpour Chief international correspondent, CNN U.S.

92 Pamela Nicholson President, Enterprise Rent-a-Car U.S.

93 Ann Moore Chairman, chief executive, Time Inc. U.S.

94 Sharon Allen Chair, Deloitte U.S.

95 Jing Ulrich Chairman and managing director, JPMorgan Chase China Equities China

96 Queen Rania Al-Abdullah Queen Jordan

97 Virginia Rometty Senior vice president, IBM Global Business Services U.S.

98 Georgina Rinehart Owner, chairman, Hancock Prospecting Australia

99 Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Chairman and managing director, Biocon India

100 Paula Rosput Reynolds Chief Executive, Safeco U.S.

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