Opinion
The Habari Networks’ 10 most influential people of 2012
The following is a compilation of individuals who we feel have made tremendous contributions to world, and have impacted the lives of people globally descent during the course of 2012.
These individuals are titans and have excelled in politics, diplomacy, business and sports. We will be watching them in the next year.
1). Barack Obama
Nationality: American
Occupation: President of The United States
President Barack Obama tops our list of the most influential people of 2012.
Mr. Obama was re-elected to a second 4 year term in a tough, decisive and bruising election. History will not record the Obama presidency as a fluke.
Obama’s achievements in his first term include the ending of both the Iraq and Afghan wars; the rescuing from collapse of the auto industry; the reversal of the decline of the American economy (The United States pulled out of the recession); the passage of a comprehensive health bill “Obamacare”; the destruction of al-Qaeda boss Osama bin Laden and the open admission of gay service members of the military.
The next 4 years of an Obama presidency are fraught with challenges – the possibility of the United States falling back into recession as a result of the ‘fiscal cliff’; and the possibility of a nuclear armed Iran.
