Segolene Royale
AGE: 53
OCCUPATION: Politician
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 1
PRO: The French Socialist Party's candidate for President in a country that has never elected a woman as head of state.
CON: Royal, who's running in second place, has proved herself somewhat light on the issues. In a recent interview, for instance, she seemed unaware that the Taliban no longer run Afghanistan.