List of the most powerful / rich of the world in 2013 - Forbes

Russian President Vladimir Putin, overcame Barack Obama, and is now the most powerful man of the world, according to the annual list released on Wednesday by the American magazine "Forbes", while Dilma Rousseff down two posts and is now the 20 th place .

The chief of state of the United States dropped to second place. The general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping, ranked third, and fourth is one of the great innovations of the list, the pope Francisco.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, appears in fifth place, followed by Bill Gates. President Dilma Rousseff appears in 20th placing, followed as the second woman on the list.

Last year, the first four positions were occupied, in order, by Obama, Merkel, Putin and Pope Benedict XVI. Dilma was the 18 th place.

This year's list, which can be conferred in full on the website of "Forbes" also appear in the top 10, the president of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, President of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, and the chief executive of Wal-Mart, Michael Duke.