H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama Time Magazine’s Most Influential Leader
Filed Under Tibet, Commentary | Posted on May 4, 2008
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has been named Time Magazine’s most influential leader in the “Leaders and Revolutionaries” category. Deepak Chopra’s essay that accompanies the distinction notes,
He and his people have struggled all their lives with the audacity of hopelessness. Oppression and exile are their daily bread. Yet the Dalai Lama, 72, remains calm in the face of cruelty. What does he think of the human race? “We are the superior species on Earth but also the biggest troublemakers,” he once told me.
In the Leaders and Revolutionaries category, His Holiness edged out:
2. Vladimir Putin, Russian Prime Minister
3. Barack Obama, U.S. Senator and Presidential Candidate
4. Hillary Clinton, U.S. Senator and Presidential Candidate
5. John McCain, U.S. Senator and Presidential Candidate
6. Hu Jintao, President, People’s Republic of China
7. George W. Bush, U.S. President
8. Jacob Zuma, African National Congress Chair
9. Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian Politician
10. Kevin Rudd, Australian Prime Minister
The other categories and the “winners” in those categories are:
Heroes and Pioneers: Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie, actors and human rights activists
Scientists and Thinkers: Michael Bloomberg, New York City Mayor
Artists and Entertainers: Lorne Michaels, creator and producer of Saturday Night Live
Builders and Titans: Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo CEO
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