Angela Merkel

AGE: 54
OCCUPATION: Chancellor of Germany
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 2

PRO: The country's first female Chancellor, she's taken on the Pope, hosted the Dalai Lama and helped stabilize Germany's unemployment rate.

CON: She's still popular among Germans, but support for the country's conservative bloc has been dwindling as of late.

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