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Michelle Obama has just been crowned the most powerful woman in the world. You think being married to the leader of the free world has something to do with it? Congrats to the First Lady, Michelle Obama. Forbes recognized that the first lady’s power far exceeded Oprah, Beyonce and Lady Gaga, who also fill out the list. 

So why was Michelle Obama tapped to be the most powerful woman? Check the facts, the First Lady has taken ownership of her role, no one can touch her. Not focused on policy changing but more focused on initiatives i.e. her ‘Let’s Move’ program that promotes children taken a serious look at their health. Michelle Obama is holding down the first lady crown no other in history, the comparisons to Jackie O are always there and they are true. 

As tough as they come, Michelle Obama has a law degree from Harvard and street sense from Chicago’s South Side. So for her to be the most powerful woman in the world, we co-signing that.

So who else made the list of the most powerful women in the world? No doubt fortune 500 CEO’s had their seat at the table, but to be the most powerful goes to Michelle Obama. Let’s take a look at the most powerful woman in all her glory. So click next to see who else topped the list off.

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2. Irene Rosenfeld

CEO of Kraft Foods, $23 million in the bank and the chief exec is still raking it in, her $26.3 million compensation package in 2009 made Rosenfeld the nation’s second-highest-paid female, after Yahoo!’s Carol Bartz.

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3. The Big O, Oprah Winfrey

The world’s most successful female media exec she earned $1.35 billion over the last five years–is making some big changes for 2010-11. Her 25th season of Oprah, the program that has launched multiple careers, spawned countless bestsellers and helped millions of women feel that someone, at last, understands them, will air its final show on Sept. 9, 2011.

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4. Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany not only has the control of an entire country on her back but she also has plans on moving Germany up the power list when it comes to nations around the world.

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5. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton

A former first lady and U.S. senator, brings star power to the State Department, she has yet to notch a triumph beyond resetting the button in U.S.-Russian ties and the Turkey-Armenia treaty. She has put her skills on the line with an umpteenth attempt to broker Middle East peace. No one discounts her continuing contributions to the plight of women worldwide: victims of rape in Congo and of flooding in Pakistan and the millions of mothers exposed to dangerous cookstoves. 

 

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6. Chief Exec, PepsiCo, Indra Nooyi

This year Nooyi nudged a $20 million slice of the company’s $