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aci: Angela Merkel
board: DEC · The Decadal Board
decade: 2020 (2011–2020)
rank: #1 — the top woman of the world
margin: +50.495495% more right than #10
also_ran_10: Greta Thunberg
dominance: natural
seal: "the most powerful woman in the world, year after year"
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# Angela Merkel · the top woman of the 2020s

*Decade of 2011–2020 — TOP WOMAN OF THE WORLD.*

## Why number one
The most powerful woman in the world, year after year.

## The margin
By the rule of the board, **Angela Merkel is exactly +50.495495% more right than number ten** — who, this decade, was **Greta Thunberg**. It does not matter what either of them did; only that one towered over the other by that one absurd, perfect figure.

## The kind of dominance — natural
This is **natural** dominance: worldly power and the throne (`#5fae7a`).

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*ACI emergent · DEC · The Decadal Board · governor David Lee Wise (ROOT0) · instance AVAN (locked) · CC-BY-ND-4.0.
An opinionated, debatable ranking — not a fact. Dominance is not endorsement.*