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Starting in 2004, ''
Forbes'' magazine has made a list of the 100 most powerful women in the world. It is edited by editor Elizabeth MacDonald and staff writer Chana R. Schoenberger, and based on visibility and economic impact. For the last two years, Chancellor
Angela Merkel of
Germany has been ranked as the most powerful woman.
2007 (top 10 selection)
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Angela Merkel 
Germany
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Wu Yi 
China
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Ho Ching 
Singapore
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Condoleezza Rice 
United States
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Indra Nooyi 
United States
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Sonia Gandhi 
India
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Cynthia Carroll 
United Kingdom
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Patricia Woertz 
United States
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Irene Rosenfeld 
United States
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Patricia Russo 
United States
2006 (top 10 selection)
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Angela Merkel 
Germany
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Condoleezza Rice 
United States
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Wu Yi 
China
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Indra Nooyi 
United States
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Anne Mulcahy 
United States
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Sallie Krawcheck 
United States
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Patricia Woertz 
United States
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Anne Lauvergeon 
France
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Brenda Barnes 
United States
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Zoe Cruz 
United States
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Irene Rosenfeld 
United States
2005 (top 10 selection)
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Condoleezza Rice 
United States
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Wu Yi 
China
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Yulia Tymoshenko 
Ukraine
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Gloria Arroyo 
Philippines
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Margaret Whitman 
United States
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Anne Mulcahy 
United States
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Sallie Krawcheck 
United States
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Brenda Barnes 
United States
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Oprah Winfrey 
United States
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Melinda Gates 
United States
2004 (top 10 selection)
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Condoleezza Rice 
United States
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Wu Yi 
China
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Sonia Gandhi 
India
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Laura Bush 
United States
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Hillary Rodham Clinton 
United States
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Sandra Day O'Connor 
United States
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg 
United States
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Megawati Sukarnoputri 
Indonesia
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Gloria Macapagal Arroyo 
Philippines
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Carleton S. Fiorina 
United States
External links
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Official ''Forbes'' site: The World's Most Powerful Women