E.E.R: JONATHAN MAKES TIMES TOP 100 WORLD INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

JONATHAN MAKES TIMES TOP 100 WORLD INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE

Age: 54
Occupation: President of Nigeria

The twin imperatives of trying to end a bloody northern Nigeria Islamist rebellion led by Boko Haram and dismantle the fuel subsidies that are one of the country's main sources of corruption (but are also, awkwardly, generally popular for keeping gas prices low) requires bold leadership of Jonathan, who is finishing his first year in office. Whether Nigeria descends into civil unrest, civil war or splits, or whether it reforms and Africa's sleeping giant finally awakens, depends foremost on him.

View the full list for "The 2012 TIME 100 Poll"

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has emerged the only African leader on the Time magazine list of the 100 Most Influential Persons in the World released on Wednesday.

Other world leaders and individuals who made the list are:

US President Barrack Obama; U.S Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton; hacking group, Anonymous; American billionaire, Warren Buffet; President of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde; Iran’s spiritual leader, Ayatollah Khamenei; Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

Also on the list are Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; new North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un; Syrian President Bashar Assad; American Republican presidential candidates, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul;