"Politics is not a game, but a serious business" -Winston Churchill
#01 Pierre Pollierve (Canada)
Pierre Pollievre is the echo of people who want to complain in Canada about taxes, working classes, the economy, and problems. He is also a farm advocator to reduce taxes for them and increase production like groceries, agriculture production, food cost, and food security (Harford, 2022). Pollierve is more eloquent and has strong charisma when debating with Justin Truedue in parliaments for different issues in Canada.
He also criticized why Toronto has the largest bubble in the real estate market (Chamandy, 2022). Canadians are complaining about renting working offices and housing prices in Toronto (Lorinic, 2022, Stanford, 2022). Toronto also lost its Startup ecosystem ranking went down from 13th to 17th in 2022. Tech founders are reportedly not happy with the Tax and ESG of countries (Startup Genome, 2022).
Education:
International Relations in Commerce.
Bachelor of Art, University of Calgary.
#02 Jacinda Ardern (New Zealand)
Jacinda Ardern went to the heart of people when she managed her newborn, and Covid19 lockdown. She also punched back at Swedish Greta Thunberg who criticized her for "not doing anything" for NZ green gas emissions while doing an excellent job for Kiwi people (Tylor, 2020). New Zealand's defense is responsible for the south Antarctica pole for environmental, and ocean protection to reduce naval carbon emissions by 2050 (Bergin, 2021).
Some people argue that her policies have been beneficial for the economy, while others disagree.During her time in office, the New Zealand economy has continued to grow and unemployment remains low. New Zealand has a versatile type of investors and VCs rooted in Australia to boost the Kiwi economy for tech startups, R&D, agriculture, and the dairy industry (Palmer-Derrien, 2019). However, inflation and lockdown hurt Ardern and his ruling party in the polls (Matsumoto, 2022).
Education: Bachelor of Communication Studies in Politics, University of Waikato
#03 Rishi Sunak (UK)
Rishi Sunak holds one of the most important positions in the UK GOV during Boris Johnson as the chancellor of the Exchequer. He is pushing ahead with regulatory tech for NFTs and Cryptocurrencies. Rishi understands the power of the digital industry on the economics and life of people (Kelly, 2022). The UK became the epicenter for the most funded fintech startups and companies during his important role as the secretary of the treasury (Tech Nation, 2022). He is a top 5 university alumni in business and politics and the first Asian-Indian ethnic prime minister.
Education:
Philosophy, Politics, & Economics (PPE) at Lincoln College, Oxford
Master of Business Administration at Stanford
#04 Donald Trump (USA)
It is a matter of opinion whether or not Donald Trump was good for the economy. During his time in office, the economy was strong, with low unemployment and steady economic growth. However, some experts have argued that the economic expansion began during the Obama administration and that Trump's policies, such as the 2017 tax cut, contributed to increasing budget deficits and income inequality. Ultimately, the overall impact of Trump's economic policies on the economy is a topic of debate among economists and political analysts.
"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something in your life" -Winston Churchill
Believe it or not, Donald Trump is a with-it entrepreneurial politician and advocates of free market for better economy and even for speech because social media companies like Twitter, Instagram, and Meta breached human rights for freedom of speech back in early 2021. Hate speech is part of freedom of speech (Dr. Jordan Peterson in his podcast explains why stopping hate speech is worse). Trump made a better economy for the USA before Covid19 with the lowest rate of employment. The fastest Covid19 vaccine development in corporations and FDA approval began in his last year of presidency in 2020. Vaccines became available in Dec 2020 right after the US election 2020 and one month before his leaving the White House in January 2021.
Education: Bachelor of Economics, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
#05 Ron DeSantis (USA)
De Santis showed their belief in science rather than indoctrine in Florida during Covid19 when he stopped the mandate for Covid19 masks. There is research regarding masks increasing the chances of Alzheimer's in people because of less oxygen delivery to brain cells. He debated how to reduce the federal deficit with tax increases. He actually voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Elon Musk is reportedly not an advocate of Joe Biden or Trump for their ages and being too old, but the governor of Florida is 30 years younger than them. Just like Trump, Desantis is a graduate of the top 9 universities with JD degree.
Education:
BA of Magna Cum Laude, Yale University
Doctor of Jurisprudence, Harvard Law School
#06 Boris Johnson (UK)
Johnson's worst mistake was partying during Covid19 lockdown. Otherwise, he made the UK an excellent economy and attracted scientists, tech founders, and tech entrepreneurs from different countries. Even after Liz Truss's resignation, people are still thinking about Johnson's coming back for the second time as the prime minister.
UK tech startups during his cabinet became noisy in tech conferences around the world with a lot of innovations and covid19 responses. UK telemedicine startups and companies like Babylon Health, Huma, and Xseald responded with digital health solutions for Covid19 and none-Covid19 patients before Covid19 vaccines (Bruder, 2020). London is placed second with New York for best Startup Ecosystems according to (Startup Genome, 2022).
Education: Bachelor of Art, Balliol College, Oxford
#07 Giorgia Meloni (Italy)
A trailblazer woman who became the first prime minister of Italy. Meloni sees the cons of feminism. Even though she is against abortion, euthanasia, and laws for same-sex marriage, she said she would not change the abortion law in Italy. She also questions the idealogy behind feminism for gender equality and meritocracy.
She criticized Italy's zero-tolerance policy for immigrants that can boost the birth rate in Italy. Her coalition campaign's agendas were tax cuts, an increase in pensions, and a reduction in the retirement age to handle the economic crisis in Italy's post-pandemic era (Giuffrida, 2022). Recently, Italy also announced new policies to attract tech workers, tech founders, and tech entrepreneurs to boost the economy.
Education: Diploma in Tourism, Rome's Amerigo Vespucci Institute
#08 Penny Mordant (UK)
Another advocate of inclusivity. Penny Mordant spoke in UK parliament with sign language for deaf people to convey their problems to politicians (Tapsfield, 2018). Mordant was the minister for women and equality and she has a charity related to disabling people. She was also a secretary of state for international development. Mordant also supported Brexit and UK economy became stronger after Brexit. UK GDP jumped from $2.8B to $3.46B after Brexit.
Education: Bachelor of Art (Philosophy), University of Reading
#09 Moon Jae-in (South Korea)
What a human being! Moon Jae-in made Korea a better country economically, feministically, peacefully, and technologically. He came to power after a scandal with the previous Korean president. He tried to reduce tension with North Korea and for the first time, North Korea and South Korea went together in Olympics 2020. He is regarded as one of the most popular presidents of Korea.
During his presidency, South Korea reached the highest level of recycling for food waste and other wastes compared to other countries. Korea was the second country to face the first wave of Covid19 and Moon Jae-In responded well that the world acknowledged Korea's digital solution before Vaccine development.
Thanks to hiring the best designers like Peter Schreyer by the Korean Automotive industry, Hyundai Ioniq 5 in Germany, Kia Telluride in USA, and Kia EV6 in Europe won best cars of the year in 2021-2022 (Casey, 2021, Sokolovski, 2022, McAleer, 2022), and the Seoul startup ecosystem jumped from 18th to in 10th for tech founders and entrepreneurs to consider (Startup Genome, 2022). During his presidency, the Ministry of SME in Kore began allocating millions of funding for startup founders to find support, and pension funds for VCs in Korea (Kyei, 2022, Hye-jin, 2022).
The presidency in Korea is one term for 5 years. After his presidency, he went to his garden and began doing agriculture like an ordinary farmer for his retirement sharing pictures on his Instagram accounts for his farming achievements. Earth needs Moon Jae-in like politicians more.
Education: Deprived of studying law and imprisoned, Kyung Hee University, Korea
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