Meet The World Most Powerful Woman

# 1 Angela Merkel

 

 Age: 56

Citizenship: Germany

Occupation: Chancellor, Germany

Marital Status: married

Children: 1

Education: Master of Science, Leipzig University; Doctorate, Leipzig University
The world's most powerful woman is the backbone of the 27-member European Union and carries the fate of the euro on her shoulders. Fresh off a commanding reelection in September 2013, she has served as ­Chancellor of Germany since 2005; the first woman in the position. Merkel has earned the top spot on the FORBES list of Most Powerful Women In The World for eight of the past 10 years.