Most Powerful Women by Forbes

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As per the list published in forbes these are 25 most powerful women;

1 Angela Merkel - Chancellor (Germany)

2 Wu Yi - Vice premier (China)

3 Ho Ching - Chief executive, Temasek Holdings (Singapore)

4 Condoleezza Rice - Secretary of State (U.S.)

5 Indra K. Nooyi - Chairman, chief executive, PepsiCo (U.S.)

6 Sonia Gandhi - President, Congress Party (India)

7 Cynthia Carroll - Chief executive, Anglo American (U.K.)

8 Patricia A. Woertz - Chairman, Archer Daniels Midland (U.S.)

9 Irene Rosenfeld - Chairman, chief executive, Kraft Foods (U.S.)

10 Patricia Russo - Chief executive, Alcatel-Lucent (U.S.)

11 Michèle Alliot-Marie - Minister for the Interior and overseas territories (France)

12 Christine Lagarde - Minister of economy,finance and employment (France)

13 Anne M. Mulcahy - Chairman, chief executive, Xerox (U.S.)

14 Anne Lauvergeon - Chief executive, Areva (France)

15 Mary Sammons - Chairman, chief executive, president, Rite Aid Corp. (U.S.)

16 Angela Braly - Chief executive, president, WellPoint (U.S.)

17 Marjorie Scardino - Chief executive, Pearson PLC (U.K.)

18 Wu Xiaoling - Deputy governor, People's Bank of China (China)

19 Brenda Barnes - Chairman, chief executive, Sara Lee Corp. (U.S.)

20 Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Supreme court justice (U.S.)

21 Oprah Winfrey - Chairman, Harpo (U.S.)

22 Margaret Whitman - Chief executive, president, Ebay (U.S.)

23 Queen Elizabeth II - Queen (U.K.)

24 Melinda Gates - Cofounder, cochairman, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (U.S.)

25 Hillary Rodham Clinton - U.S. senator, New York (U.S.)

Complete list; forbes.com/lists/2007/11/biz-07women_The-100-Most-Powerful-Women_Rank.html