Top 20 most powerful people in the world for 2015 – See who’s number 1! (With Pictures)

2. Angela Merkel 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is not just the most powerful woman in the world, according to Forbes, for ten years and running. Merkel has also risen to second overall among the most powerful people in the world from a year ago. She is on the verge of completing the first year of yet another four-year term, her third and a term that she secured in December 2014. Merkel and Germany were in the news in November 2015 because of what the Washington Times referred to as multiple “reports of spying on US allies.” You may remember when Merkel accused the US of espionage a couple of years ago. Awkward.