The Times’ 100 most influential people includes President of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 20 / Trend M.Aliyev / Influential British newspaper The Times made a list of 100 people who will be most influential in 2012. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev is on this list. "Azerbaijan's President claims his country is "the most rapid development in the world", and the UK is starting to feel it: shopping malls and five-star hotels are springing up in Baku to lure us to the future "Dubai of the Caspian", while a plush Azerbaijani restaurant has just opened in Knightsbridge and Condé Nast has started publishing an international version of the glossy Baku magazine," the British newspaper reported. The Times' ranking also included US President Barack Obama, Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, British Queen Elizabeth II, chief executive officer of Apple Tim Cook, IMF chief Christine Lagarde, etc. Do you have any feedback? Contact our journalist at agency@trend.az