Forbes explained his list of "the most powerful people in the world".

Forbes explained his list of "the most powerful people in the world". Forbes, the world famous economy magazine, has traditionally published a list of "the strongest people in the world" list. Forbes, the world famous economy magazine, has traditionally published a list of "the strongest people in the world" list. Russia's President Vladimir Putin is on the top of the list of 2016 and in the fourth year he is named "the strongest man in the world". Explaining that Russia has increased its global scale influence from the Syrian Civil War to the US elections, Forbes Magazine described Putin as "a leader who succeeded in getting what he wanted". Donald Trump, who was the new president of the US this year, Putin was the second, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was the third, Chinese President Shi Cinping was the fourth, and Pope Francis was the fifth. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is on the list during the 56th. Here is the "most powerful people in the world" list: 70) Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte 69) New Vice President of the United States Mike Pence 68) CEO of Dangote Group Aliko Dangote 67) Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger 66) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 65) Founder of Icahn Capital Management Carl Icahn 64) Uber founder and CEO Travis Kalanick 63) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad 62) General Motors CEO Mary Barra 61) IBM CEO's Ginni Rometty 60) Founder and CEO of Baidu Robin Li 59) Dalian Wanda Group president Wang Jianlin 58) Founder of Metalloinvest Alisher Usmanov 57) DAEŞ leader Ebu Bekir al-Bagdadi 56) President Recep Tayyip Erdogan 55) Bloomberg CEO Michael Bloomberg 54) President of Mexico Enrique Pena Nieto 53) Softbank CEO's Masayoshi Son 52) Blackstone Group CEO Stephen Schwarzman 51) Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella 50) United States Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts 49) Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia Khalid bin Abdulaziz el Falih 48) US President Barack Obama 47) President of the Bank of Japan Haruhiko Kuroda 46) Dell CEO Michael Dell 45) Tencent Holding CEO Ma Huateng 44) Egyptian President Abdülfettah al-Sisi 43) North Korea Leader Kim Jong-un 42) World Bank President Jim Yong Kim 41) China Investment Corp. President Ding Xuedong 40) Samsung Vice President Jay Y. Lee 39) United Arab Emirates President Caliph bin Zayid Al Nahyan 38) Reliance Industries president Mukesh Ambani 37) Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe 36) United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres 35) News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch 34) BlackRock founder and CEO Larry Fink 33) CK Hutchison Holding Chair Li Ka-shing 32) Apple CEO Tim Cook 31) Koch Industries CEO Charles Koch 30) Alphabet Companies Group Chair Sergey Brin 29) Toyota Motor CEO Akio Toyoda 28) Founder and president of Alibaba Group Jack Ma 27) Wal-Mart CEO Doug McMillon 26) Goldman Sachs Group CEO Lloyd Blankfein 25) IMF Director Christine Lagarde 24) ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson 23) President of France François Hollande 22) General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt 21) Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk 20) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 19) JPMorgan Chase Bank CEO Jamie Dimon 18) The religious leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ali Khamenei 17) América Móvil Telecommunication Company Honorary President Carlos Slim Helu 16) King of Saudi Arabia Selman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud 15) US businessman Warren Buffett 14) Founder and CEO of Amazon.com Jeff Bezos 13) UK Prime Minister Theresa May 12) Prime Minister of the People's Republic of China Li Keogang 11) The President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi 10) Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg 9) Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India 8) Google founder and CEO of Alphabet Group of Companies Larry Page 7) Microsoft founder and president Bill Gates 6) US Central Bank President Janet Yellen 5) Pope Francis 4) China Communist Party Secretary General Shi Cinping 3) German Chancellor Angela Merkel 2) The new US president, Donald Trump