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Times Person of the Year Is a Woman for the First Time in 29 Years
Today, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was named Times 2015 Person of the Year for her leadership on the Syrian refugee and Greek debt crises. Merkel becomes just the fourth woman to win the honoroutside of a group of winnerssince it was first presented in 1927. She is also the first individual woman to win since 1986, and the first individual woman to receive the award since Time changed its title from Man of the Year in 1999.
In announcing the magazines decision, Time managing editor Nancy Gibbs said, For asking more of her country than most politicians would dare, for standing firm against tyranny as well as expedience and for providing steadfast moral leadership in a world where it is in short supply, Angela Merkel is Times Person of the Year.
Earlier this year, Merkel helped shape Europes response to Greeces continuing debt crisis, insisting on strict austerity measures before any bailouts went ahead.
With the Syrian conflict forcing millions of refugees away from home, Merkel opened Germanys doors, committing to accept 800,000 asylum seekers this year. It is expected that the number will approach 1 million by years end.
She has stepped up in a way that was uncharacteristic even for her, Gibbs continued. Shes been a very long-serving leader, the longest-serving in the west. She controls the worlds fourth largest economy, but this year she really was tested in how she would respond to some of the most difficult challenges that any leader is facing in the world.
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http://msmagazine.com/blog/2015/12/09/times-person-of-the-year-is-a-woman-for-the-first-time-in-29-years/
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)person of the year. Merkel is just too closely aligned to the establishment.
yewberry
(6,530 posts)Globally, the ratio of men to women is 29:1, right?
niyad
(114,184 posts)CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)I was really afraid it would have been that nasty excuse for a human being that ran Great Britain for a while.
pampango
(24,692 posts)Her policy towards Muslims entering the country is, let's say, significantly different than his.
LostOne4Ever
(9,309 posts)niyad
(114,184 posts)JustAnotherGen
(32,122 posts)LuvNewcastle
(16,869 posts)the first time in 29 years. Was it hard to re-adjust, or was it like riding a bicycle?
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)niyad
(114,184 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Might as well put it to use.
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