The Dhaka Times Desk Time's shortlist of the year was announced today. Know the people who made it to the list of the year 2017.
Like every year, Time magazine of the United States is going to publish the list of the best people of the year. Time Magazine has released a shortlist of 10 nominees for Person of the Year 2017. Recently, these names were revealed in the Today program of American television channel NBC.
This list includes US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Colin Kaepernick and many others.
Time magazine has been announcing this 'Person of the Year' since 1927. Through this, this media selects the most influential, good or bad person in the media throughout the year.
Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos, the founder and current CEO of Amazon, one of the world's leading technology companies, became the richest person in the world this year. Amazon started its journey by selling only books online. Currently, this company is one of the top companies in the world as an online product retailer. Amazon is a leader in a variety of technology-based products and services, including cloud computing, movie screening and marketing, and music marketing. On the other hand, Amazon is contributing to artificial intelligence research.
According to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Bezos owned 16.7 percent of the company's shares in May 2017. At that time his total wealth was around 90 billion US dollars.
The Dreamers Project
Hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants are living in the United States through the Dreamers program. Their parents brought them to the United States. The future of these children is left in limbo as the Trump administration repeals the Barack Obama-era policy. Later, in the face of protests, US President Donald Trump reached an agreement with the Democrats not to return illegal young immigrants living under the Dreamers project in the United States.
Patty Jenkins
'Wonder Woman' is directed by Patty Jenkins. Being the first female director, the film managed to gross $100 million in its first week of release. After that, he is also the director of the second installment of 'Wonder Woman'.
Kim Jong-un
The leader of North Korea is Kim Jong-un. Currently, he is the most talked about personality in the world. The leader is also the First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, the Chairman of the North Korean Central Military Commission and the National Defense Commission, and the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has instilled the fear of nuclear war in the minds of the American people. Tested intercontinental ballistic missiles one after the other and threatened to attack US territory. Kim Jong-un is involved in a heated war of words with US President Trump. Trump also mocked him as Rocketman.
This Korean leader is also the person behind North Korea's successful first hydrogen bomb test in 2016. By testing the hydrogen bomb, Kim has reminded the world that he is not bothered by the threats, pressures, and thoughts of the international community. So he did not hesitate to show thumbs up to the world leaders.
Colin Kaepernick
San Francisco football quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been in the news all year opposing the Trump administration's racism. He protested by kneeling during the national anthem at the start of the game. In the face of Trump's criticism, these protests continued to grow throughout the year.
Hashtag Me Too (#MToo)
In response to Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's sex scandal, American actress Alyssa Milano launched the 1TP5MeToo movement to encourage women to come forward and report sexual assault and harassment. A campaign against sexual harassment involved men as well as women. Everyone joins in by writing the hashtag Me Too (#MToo) on social media. Many women around the world boycotted Twitter for a day to protest against sexual harassment and sexual harassment.
Robert Mueller
FBI Director Robert Mueller, the special counsel in charge of investigating Russia's meddling in the US election, indicted four Trump campaign officials. Mueller was appointed after the firing of FBI Director James Comey. Robert Mueller is a lawyer by profession. Mueller served as the director of the FBI for 12 years.
Mohammed bin Salman
Mohammed bin Salman. When his father became the king of Saudi Arabia in 2015, Prince Mohammed bin Salman's name started to come up in the discussion. 31-year-old Salman has gradually become a powerful figure in Saudi Arabia. He removed his cousin Mohammad bin Nayef. Mohammed bin Salman was installed as the crown prince by his father and the current king of Saudi Arabia, Salman. As the crown prince, he later became the king of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman conducted an anti-corruption campaign in the country and arrested at least 500 people including 11 princes, former and current ministers. The Western world originally called Mohammed bin Salman as MBS.
Donald Trump
Donald Trump came to the center of discussion even before he was elected president. US President Donald Trump, who was elected Time's Person of the Year in the year of the election (2016), is also on the short list this year. Trump made several controversial decisions in his first year as the president of the United States. He regularly tweets on various topics and remains in the discussion.
Si Chin Ping
President Xi Jinping of China, one of the world's largest economies, has been given the power to rule the country for a second term of 5 years. His plan was incorporated into the Constitution of the Communist Party of China as ideological thought. This made him the most influential person in China in the last few decades.
However, Kim Jong-un, who is under discussion and criticism in the world media for various reasons, may be a little surprised to be on this list. But this is not the first time, in 2015 there was a name in the first eight, which made many people's eyes go up. Hearing the name of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the militant group Islamic State (IS).
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