Barbados’ Mia Mottley named among list of world’s most influential people

Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley has been listed in the US publication, 2022 TIME100, as one of the most influential people in the world.

In the TIME article, written by the Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Mottley, who led her ruling Barbados Labour Party (BLP) to clean sweeps of the last two general elections in her country, has been described as “bold, fearless, and possessing a great intellect and wit, the Prime Minister is a brilliant politician who knows how to shake things up.”

The article, which listed 100 influential people, highlighted Mottley’s riveting speeches at COP26 in Glasgow late last year, when she chided the world’s leaders for not working more diligently to limit the potential catastrophic impacts of climate change. -(CMC)