MR 34th influential

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President Mahinda Rajapaksa is placed on 34 among the list of the 100 Most Influential Asian People of 2014 published by Asian Awards Ltd 2014.

Chinese and Indians dominated the list of the 100 Most Influential Asian People of 2014 published by Asian Awards Ltd 2014.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also head of the ruling Communist Party of China, topped the list for a second consecutive time.

The awards are given in different categories such as politics, business, banking/economics, religion/philosophy, entertainment and sports.

The Asian Awards, honouring Asian excellence, is founded by businessman Paul Sagoo.

“The aim of the list is simple, to showcase the most influential Asian people in the world today. However, with literally thousands of worthy candidates, the task proved to be an immense challenge for the researchers and the judging panel,” said the Times of India report quoting Asian Awards Founder Paul Sagoo.

Sheikh Hasina is 22nd on the list. She was one spot ahead last year.

With Jinping heading the list, India’s Congress chief Sonia Gandhi came in second, Chinese premier Le Keqiang third and Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat's chief minister Narendra Modi was fourth.

Sonia Gandhi’s son and Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi is fifth and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sixth.

Times of India reported that others in the top 10 are Hong Kong-based business tycoon Sir Li Ka Shing (7), UN chief Ban Ki Moon (8), Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (9) and South Korea President Park Guen-Hye (10).

It said Finance Minister P Chidambaram is listed 11 while Indian President Pranab Mukherjee is 19th. Pakistan's former Army chief Ashfaq Kayani is 18th on the list.

Indian businessman Mukesh Ambani is 21st in this year’s list followed by Hasina.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is 34th, while Lakshmi Mittal, India's Business magnate who is worth $17.5 billion, is 36th.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is 42nd Influential person, while Indian tycoon Azim Premji is 44th.

Indian social activist Anna Hazare is listed as 46th influential person, while Amartya Sen, Nobel Prize winner for Economics, is 52nd.

Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan is 63rd and Rajnikanth is 66th. Indian film actor Aamir Khan is 68th on the list while Sachin Tendulkar is 76th.

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Comments - 21

Alwaysdown Tuesday, 08 April 2014 12:40 PM

RW is not even in the list of people considered. He may head the list if there was one for the Clowns in Asia. via DM iPad app

Rajash Tuesday, 08 April 2014 01:06 PM

Mervyn not on the list?

Lokkah Thailay Tuesday, 08 April 2014 10:54 AM

Who would be one of the most corrupt persons?

max Tuesday, 08 April 2014 10:52 AM

can he influence any one ???.

dawn dale Tuesday, 08 April 2014 09:35 AM

Chindamberan shld be 38th and not 11th as MR had more influence on Man Mohan singh on SL vote!

kangasyd Tuesday, 08 April 2014 02:34 PM

Mahela should be 32 nd and Sanga 33rd. via DM Android App

smAddict Tuesday, 08 April 2014 08:38 AM

Haters gonna hate! Lol! Get a life suckers!

lkcricket Tuesday, 08 April 2014 08:32 AM

Where is our "ALWAYS BREAKDOWN CHANDRIKA MADAM"? I sure she will be # 1 if we want to find the most inefficient leader in the history of the universe!

mack Tuesday, 08 April 2014 02:01 PM

what. a achievement.. lol via DM Android App

max Tuesday, 08 April 2014 08:24 AM

some short commings also there,where is great social service worker sarvodaya founder a t ariyarathna ?.he is much more influential than lankan predsident for helping society.

Mozart Tuesday, 08 April 2014 07:42 AM

Yeah! That is because Mr. Ranil Wickremasinghe is an extremely an honest politician and has not amassed wealth unethically.

pol sambal Monday, 07 April 2014 09:17 PM

some are influential for the right reasons and some are for the wrong.

Kamal Raj Tuesday, 08 April 2014 07:08 AM

Good as long as Ranil is the UNP leader.

Batangala Tuesday, 08 April 2014 06:44 AM

This is just ridiculous. What is the basis of this evaluation? This could be a personal opinion of a handful people. Must vehemently reject this type of biased evaluations.

jammy Tuesday, 08 April 2014 06:32 AM

WELL IF ITS FOR WEALTH HE HAD AMASSED HE SHOULD MOST DEFINITELY BE RANKED BETTER!!!!

Game Kolla Tuesday, 08 April 2014 04:45 AM

It looks like this rating is based on the wealth ?

patriot Tuesday, 08 April 2014 09:54 AM

Ranil nowhere even within the 1000 !! via DM Android App

Renu Tuesday, 08 April 2014 03:49 AM

We thought you were No: 1, What has gone wrong with the International community.??yh3s7

Lanka Shantha Tuesday, 08 April 2014 03:39 AM

This is for the amount of money they hold?
We see plenty rich people here.

Ranjan Tuesday, 08 April 2014 03:34 AM

Don’t be so happy.
Bangladesh has the place of 22nd.

Kiris Baba Amaray Tuesday, 08 April 2014 02:46 AM

For you Mr. President, 34th place is a great achievement if it is Ranil he will be the 100 out of 100.

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