10 most powerful female politicians in the world (+Photos)

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (Rank on  Most Powerful Women list: 2)

Born as Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner on 19 February 1953, commonly known as Cristina Fernández or Cristina Kirchner, Christina is the 55th and current President of Argentina and the widow of former President Néstor Kirchner. She is Argentina’s first elected female president from the nation to hold this post. A fashion icon for women and a notable advocate for human rights, poverty awareness and health improvement she is the most outspoken promoter of Argentina’s claim to sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.