German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the fourth consecutive time topped the list of the world's 100 most powerful women, published by US magazine Forbes on Wednesday.Mrs Merkel,55, was lauded for her efforts in overhauling the German health and tax systems and strict line on curbing expanding European Union budgets.
Sheila Bair, chairman of the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, who had to supervise the closure of 77 banks this year as a result of the global financial crisis, came second.
PepsiCo Inc head Indra Nooyi and Britain's Cynthia Carroll of mining company Anglo American Plc came third and fourth, respectively, followed by Singapore's first lady Ho Ching, who heads the city-state's Temasek sovereign wealth fund.
US first lady Michelle Obama entered the list at number 40, and newly confirmed US Supreme Court judge Sonia Sotomayor at 54. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was listed at 36,preceded by Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of Representatives.
Oprah Winfrey was ranked at 41, ahead of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.
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