12 Current Female World Leaders

Changing the World, One Country at a Time

11. Sheikh Hasina Wazed

The Prime Minister of Bangladesh is truly beloved by her people. Though she initially took the job from 1996 to 2001, she resumed the office in 2009, winning the election in a record victory. In 2014, she proved that she was so popular she managed to run completely unopposed (in spite of the fact that it was technically breaking the rules of the country’s Constitution).