Ranking of political leaders with significant influence on national and global decisions.
This index focuses on visibility, decision power, agenda-setting capacity and global presence, not on political endorsement.
| Rank | Name | Role / Title | Country | Profile / Official Page | Influence Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giorgia Meloni | Prime Minister | ITA | — | 62 | POLITICO 28 #1 2025 |
| 2 | Donald Trump | President | USA | — | 48 | TIME100 Leader 2025 |
| 3 | Keir Starmer | Prime Minister | GBR | 47 | TIME100 2025 | |
| 4 | Claudia Sheinbaum | President | MEX | — | 60 | #3 global approval 2025 |
| 5 | Narendra Modi | Prime Minister | IND | — | 73 | #1 global approval 2025 |
| 6 | Javier Milei | President | ARG | — | 61 | #2 global approval 2025 |
| 7 | Mark Carney | Prime Minister | CAN | 50 | elected Apr 2025 | |
| 8 | Emmanuel Macron | President | FRA | — | 38 | dissolved parliament 2025 |
| 9 | Jordan Bardella | RN President | FRA | — | 42 | JDD #1 French pol 2025 |
| 10 | Marine Le Pen | MP / RN | FRA | — | 41 | JDD #2 2025 |
| 11 | Olaf Scholz | Chancellor | DEU | — | 35 | EU budget 2025 |
| 12 | Robert Fico | Prime Minister | SVK | — | 45 | re-elected 2025 |
| 13 | Viktor Orbán | Prime Minister | HUN | — | 52 | POLITICO 28 #6 2025 |
| 14 | Pedro Sánchez | Prime Minister | ESP | — | 43 | POLITICO 28 #8 2025 |
| 15 | Andrej Babiš | Opposition leader | CZE | — | 48 | ANO comeback 2025 |
| 16 | Alexander De Croo | Prime Minister | BEL | — | 44 | EU Council 2025 |
| 17 | Kaja Kallas | EU HRVP | EST | — | 46 | POLITICO 28 #3 2025 |
| 18 | Mark Rutte | NATO SG | NLD | 55 | POLITICO 28 #1 2025 | |
| 19 | Radosław Sikorski | FM | POL | — | 48 | POLITICO 28 #6 2025 |
| 20 | Kyriakos Mitsotakis | Prime Minister | GRC | — | 49 | migration deal 2025 |
| 21 | António Costa | President EU Council | PRT | — | 51 | EU top job 2025 |
| 22 | Ursula von der Leyen | President EC | DEU | — | 45 | Green Deal 2025 |
| 23 | Charles Michel | President EU Council | BEL | — | 42 | defence fund 2025 |
| 24 | Josep Borrell | HR/VP (out) | ESP | — | 40 | Iran talks 2025 |
| 25 | Christine Lagarde | ECB President | FRA | — | 46 | rate cuts 2025 |
| 26 | Mario Draghi | EU Competitiveness envoy | ITA | — | 58 | Draghi Report 2025 |
| 27 | Olaf Scholz | Chancellor | DEU | — | 35 | China tour 2025 |
| 28 | Friedrich Merz | CDU leader | DEU | — | 44 | polls lead 2025 |
| 29 | Annalena Baerbock | FM | DEU | — | 41 | Ukraine 2025 |
| 30 | Robert Habeck | V-Chancellor | DEU | — | 43 | energy 2025 |
| 31 | Christian Lindner | FDP leader | DEU | — | 38 | tax reform 2025 |
| 32 | François Bayrou | PM | FRA | — | 36 | new gov Dec 2025 |
| 33 | Michel Barnier | ex-PM | FRA | — | 34 | gov fell Dec 2025 |
| 34 | Élisabeth Borne | ex-PM | FRA | — | 37 | pension 2025 |
| 35 | Jean-Luc Mélenchon | LFI leader | FRA | — | 32 | NFP 2025 |
| 36 | Éric Ciotti | LR leader | FRA | — | 30 | right realignment 2025 |
| 37 | Gabriel Attal | ex-PM | FRA | — | 40 | comeback 2025 |
| 38 | Gérald Darmanin | Interior | FRA | — | 39 | security 2025 |
| 39 | Bruno Le Maire | Economy | FRA | — | 41 | industrie 2030 2025 |
| 40 | Catherine Colonna | Constitutional Council | FRA | — | 44 | ex-FM 2025 |
| 41 | Richard Ferrand | Speaker (out) | FRA | — | 42 | dissolution 2025 |
| 42 | Yaël Braun-Pivet | Speaker | FRA | — | 40 | new assembly 2025 |
| 43 | Stanislas Guerini | MoDem leader | FRA | — | 37 | centre 2025 |
| 44 | François Ruffin | MP | FRA | — | 45 | docu 2025 |
| 45 | Marion Maréchal | Reconquête | FRA | — | 35 | far-right 2025 |
| 46 | Laurent Wauquiez | LR president | FRA | — | 36 | right 2025 |
| 47 | Valérie Pécresse | President IDF | FRA | — | 38 | region 2025 |
| 48 | Xavier Bertrand | President Hauts-de-F | FRA | — | 39 | region 2025 |
| 49 | Jean Castex | Senator | FRA | — | 41 | ex-PM 2025 |
| 50 | Édouard Philippe | Senator | FRA | — | 48 | ex-PM 2025 |