Kevin Rudd

AGE: 51
OCCUPATION: Prime Minister of Australia
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 1

PRO: He's pushing for a major cap-and-trade plan to cut down his country's greenhouse-gas emissions, and his apology to Australia's Aboriginal population was courageous — and long overdue.

CON: Australia is coming dangerously close to a recession.

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