Time 100 - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_100 The exclusion of then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair from the 2004 list caused mild controversy. Time editor-at-large Michael J. Elliott defended the decision to consistently exclude Blair, saying that "Gerhard Schröder and Jacques Chiracare not there either. This is a worldwide list. There are no Western European political leaders on it because they are not that powerful or influential at this time". Although George W. Bush has been on the list several times, controversy emerged when …