Top10FemaleLeaders:Whoisthemostpowerfulone?JuliaGillard,PrimeMinisterofAustralia(茱莉雅·吉拉德-澳大利亚总理)AftershehelpedorchestrateaLaborPartycoupthatoustedPrimeMinisterKevinRuddonJune24,2010,Gillard,48,becameAustralia'sfirstfemalePM.Taskedwithrebuildingdwindlingsupportforherparty,shecalledsnapelectionsjustthreeweeksintooffice,hopingtobenefitfromherbounceinpublicopinion.ButfollowingtheAug.21election,neitherGillard'scenter-leftgovernmentnortheLiberal-NationalcoalitionledbyTonyAbbottwereabletosecureanoutrightmajority.Tobreakthestalemate,GillardmustsuccessfullycourtahandfulofindependentandGreencandidates."It'smyintentiontonegotiateingoodfaithaneffectiveagreementtoformgovernment,"shesaidthemorningafterthedisappointingresult."Thereareanxiousdaysahead."JohannaSigurdardottir,PrimeMinisterofIceland(约翰娜.西于尔扎多蒂-冰岛总理)AfterIceland'seconomycollapsedinOctober2008,Sigurdardottirrodeawaveofdiscontentallthewaytothepremiership.Itwasn'texactlysurprising:theformerflightattendantturnedpoliticianhadwoneightconsecutiveelectionssinceenteringParliamentin1978,makingherthecountry'slongest-servingparliamentarianandoneofitsmostpopular.InadditiontobeingIceland'sfirstfemalePrimeMinister,Sigurdardottir,67,isalsotheworld'sfirstopenlygayheadofstate.InJune2010,whenIcelandlegalizedgaymarriage,Sigurdardottirtiedtheknotwithherlong-termpartner,withwhomshehadenteredacivilunionsevenyearsearlier.CristinaFernándezdeKirchner,PresidentofArgentina(克里斯蒂娜·费尔南德斯·基什内尔-阿根廷总统)ElectedPresidentinNovember2007(therebysucceedingherhusbandNéstor),Fernándezhasprovensheisherownwoman.Dismissivelyreferredtoas"Cristina"bysomemembersofArgentina'smachopoliticalelite,Fernándezhassurvivedastandoffwiththecountry'spowerfulfarminglobby,afalloutwiththeU.S.overasuitcaseallegedlycontainingillegalcampaigncontributionsandaseriesofhigh-profileeconomic-policyspatsthatculminatedintheoustingofthegovernorofArgentina'sCentralBankearlierthisyear.Withherstrikingappearanceandpolarizingrhetoric,sheinevitablydrawscomparisonswithformerFirstLadyEvaPerón.DaliaGrybauskaite,PresidentofLithuania(达利娅·格里包斯凯特-立陶宛总统)AfterGrybauskaitecametopowerin2009,EuropeanjournalistsquicklydubbedherLithuania'sIronLady,owingtohersteelywaywithwordsandherblackbeltinkarate.Thedaughterofasaleswomanandanelectrician,sheworkedparttimeinafactorywhileearningaPh.D.ineconomics.ShewentontobecomeDeputyMinisterofFinancein1999,beforeholdingaseriesofpositionswithintheEuropeanCommission.In2009,withLithuaniamireddeepinrecession,Grybauskaitefocusedherpresidentialcampaignonprotectingthosewiththelowestincomesandtacklingunemployment,whichhadclimbedtonearly16%.Runningasanindependent,shewonwitha68%majority—thelargestmarginofvictoryeverrecordedinLithuania'spresidentialelectionhistory.AngelaMerkel,ChancellorofGermany(安格拉·默克尔-德国总理)Themostinfluentialfemalepoliticianintheworld,MerkelearnedadoctorateinphysicsinEastGermanybeforeturninghereyetopolitics.ShewonaseatintheBundestagduringthefirstpost-reunificationgeneralelection,inDecember1990,andChancellorHelmutKohlappointedherasaCabinetministerjustoneyearlater.Childlessandtwicemarried,thechairwomanoftheChristianDemocraticUnionoftencomesoffasreservedandself-effacing.ButasshetoldTIMEina2010interview,shehasplentyofconfidence:"YoucouldcertainlysaythatI'veneverunderestimatedmyself.There'snothingwrong...