索尼娅•甘地

印度国民大会党主席

    索尼娅•甘地出生于意大利。身为政党主席的她放弃了竞选印度总理的机会，但在在这个拥有12亿人口的国家，她的力量并没有因此降低。尽管在最近的一起腐败案中遭到指控，她却因为印度最近的发展加分不少。她对印度总理曼莫汉•辛格经济改革提案的支持左右着它的命运。她的儿子拉胡尔•甘地有望在2014年成为辛格的继任者。

Sonia Gandhi

President of the Indian National Congress, India

    The Italian-born party chief turned down opportunities to nab India's prime minister spot, but that seemingly hasn't diminished her power in the 1.2 billion-person country. Despite recent allegations of corruption, she gets partial credit for India's recent growth, and her support could be critical to the fate of the proposed economic reforms of prime minister Manmohan Singh. Her son, Rahul Gandhi, appears primed to be Singh's successor in 2014.