The Worlds Most Powerful People#1 Hu Jintao
President
Age: 67
China's President Hu Jintao attends the declaration ceremony at the end of the APEC Summit on November 15, 2009, in Singapore. The 2 day APEC CEO Summit, part of APEC Leaders Week, had brought together over 800 of the world's top business leaders and 15 world leaders in Singapore to address key global trade and economic issues.
#2 Barack Obama
President
Age: 49
Official portrait of President Barack Obama on Jan. 13, 2009.
#3 Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud
King
Age: 86
Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud awaits the arrival of Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah for an emergency summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Riyadh on January 15, 2009. Leaders of the six oil-rich monarchies of the Gulf are expected to paper over differences on the Gaza crisis in Riyadh this evening after Saudi Arabia called an emergency summit, while neighboring rival Qatar is still trying to organize an Arab summit on the same issue.
#4 Vladimir Putin
Prime Minister
Age: 58
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, seen during a meeting with the leadership of the United Russia party at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow in Moscow, Saturday, Oct., 2, 2010.
#5 Pope Benedict XVI
Pope
Age: 83
Pope Benedict XVI greets the crowd after he presided over a Mass at Westminster Cathedral in central London, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday he was ashamed of the "unspeakable" sexual abuse of children by priests, telling the British faithful during Mass in Westminster Cathedral that he was deeply sorry and hoped the church's humiliation would help victims heal. Benedict also said he hoped the church would be able to use its contrition to purify itself from the "sins" of its ministers and be able to renew its commitment to educating the young.
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