MANILA, Philippines – Pasok sa listahan ng Most Powerful People ng Forbes Magazine si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ngayong 2016.
Pumwesto sa ika-70 si Duterte kasama ang iba pang pinuno ng mga bansa, advocates at entrepreneurs ng iba’t ibang sektor ng lipunan sa buong mundo.
“The former mayor of Davao City was elected president of the Philippines in May 2016 on the strength of a campaign that promised the swift execution of drug users and other criminals, and his war on crime has already resulted in the killing of thousands of people,” paglalarawan ng magazine.
Nanguna sa listahan si Russian leader Vladimir Putin habang pangalawa naman si US president-elect Donald Trump.
Kabilang sa Top 10 sina:
- Vladimir Putin (Russia)
- Donald Trump (United States)
- Angela Merkel (Germany)
- Xi Jinping (China)
- Pope Francis (Roman Catholic Church)
- Janet Yellen (United States)
- Bill Gates (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
- Larry Page (Alphabet)
- Narenda Modi (India)
- Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)
Kasama rin sa listahan sina Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (37th); North Korean President Kim Jong-Un (43rd); US President Barack Obama (48th); Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto (54th) at Canadian President Justin Trudeau (66th).