The 2010 TIME 100 Poll

Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, innovators and icons who you think are the most influential people in the world. Though official voting for inclusion on the TIME 100 list has now closed, with Mir-Hossein Mousavi having won the honor, users can continue to vote for their favorites until the list is revealed on Thursday, April 29th

2010 Candidates

Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan

By TIME STAFFThursday, Apr. 01, 2010
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Age: 62
Occupation: President of the United Arab Emirates and Emir of Abu Dhabi
Previous TIME 100 Appearances: 0

Sheik Khalifa has managed to avoid the debt problems that have plagued the U.A.E. city of Dubai, enabling him to come to its financial rescue this past winter. His reward? The world's tallest man-made structure, the Burj Dubai, was renamed in his honor. He remains one of the world's wealthiest people, with estimated assets of $19 billion.

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