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Person of the Year  s an annual issue of the American news magazine and website Time featuring a person, a group, idea, or object that "for better or for worse... has done the most to influence the events of the year"

 

2000 - George W. Bush: In 2000, Bush was elected President of the United States, defeating incumbent Vice President Al Gore.
2001 - Rudy Giuliani: Giuliani, Mayor of New York City at the time of the September 11 attacks in 2001, was selected as a symbol of America's response to the attacks.
2002 - The Whistleblowers: Represented by Cynthia Cooper, Coleen Rowley, and Sherron Watkins. In 2001, Watkins uncovered accounting irregularities in the financial reports of Enron, testifying before Congressional committees the following year. In 2002, Cooper exposed a $3.8 billion fraud at WorldCom. At the time, this was the largest incident of accounting fraud in U.S. history. In 2002, Rowley, an FBI agent, gave testimony about the FBI's mishandling of information related to the September 11 attacks of 2001.
2003 - The American soldier: Representing U.S. forces around the world, especially in the Iraq War (2003–2011)
2004 - George W. Bush: In 2004, Bush was re-elected President of the United States, defeating John Kerry and overseeing US involvement in the Iraq War.
2005 - Bono, Bill Gates, and Melinda Gates :Bono, philanthropist and member of the rock band U2, helped to organise the 2005 Live 8 concerts. Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and richest person in the world at the time, and his wife Melinda, founded the philanthropic Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
2006 - You:Representing individual content creators on the World Wide Web
2007 - Vladimir Putin:Putin was President of Russia from 2000 to 2008, and from 2012 onwards. In 2007, it was apparent that Putin's power would continue after his presidential term expired: he had suppressed much of the opposition to his rule, including having a suspected role in the 2006 assassination of Anna Politkovskaya and poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, and had secured his position as Prime Minister of Russia to his loyalist successor Dmitry Medvedev.
2008 - Barack Obama:In 2008, Obama was elected President of the United States, defeating John McCain to become the first African-American President of the United States in January 2009.
2009 - Ben Bernanke:Chairman of the Federal Reserve during the financial crisis of 2007–08 and the following Great Recession.
2010 - Mark Zuckerberg:Founder of the social-networking website Facebook. In 2010, Facebook passed half a billion users but was involved in privacy disputes, and Zuckerberg had been the subject of the Oscar-winning biopic The Social Network.
2011 - The Protester:Recognizing the historic significance of many grassroots protests across the world during that year, such as the ongoing Arab Spring and those against austerity measures in Greece and later in Spain, against corruption in India, against the drug war in Mexico, for education in Chile, for social justice in Israel, as well as the riots in England, the anti-government protests in Russia and the emerging global Occupy Movement
2012 - Barack Obama:In 2012, Obama was re-elected President of the United States, defeating Mitt Romney.
2013 - Francis:  Elected Pope of the Roman Catholic Church in 2013, following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI
2014 - Ebola fighters:  "Ebola fighters" refers to health care workers who helped stop the spread of the Ebola virus during the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa, including not only doctors and nurses, but also ambulance attendants, burial parties and others.
2015 - Angela Merkel: Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021, recognized for leadership in the Greek debt crisis and European migrant crisis
2016 - Donald Trump: In 2016, Trump was elected President of the United States, defeating Hillary Clinton.
2017 - The Silence Breakers:  The people who spoke out against sexual abuse and harassment, including the figureheads of the American MeToo movement. Represented on the cover by strawberry picker Isabel Pascual (pseudonym), lobbyist Adama Iwu, actress Ashley Judd, software engineer Susan Fowler, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, and a sixth woman, a hospital worker who wished to remain anonymous and whose face cannot be seen.
2018 - The Guardians:  Journalists who faced persecution, arrest or murder for their reporting.
2019 - Greta Thunberg: Swedish environmental activist and founder of the School Strike for Climate campaign
2020 - Joe Biden and Kamala Harris: In 2020, Biden and Harris were elected President and Vice President of the United States respectively, defeating incumbent President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. In January 2021, Harris became the first woman, first African American, and first Asian American vice president.
2021 - Elon Musk: CEO of Tesla, Inc., founder and CEO of SpaceX, and the richest person in the world in 2021
2022 - Volodymyr Zelensky: President of Ukraine since 2019, and supreme commander-in-chief during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
2023 - Taylor Swift

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1 hour ago, Monster Queen said:

Person of the Year  s an annual issue of the American news magazine and website Time featuring a person, a group, idea, or object that "for better or for worse... has done the most to influence the events of the year"

 

2000 - George W. Bush: In 2000, Bush was elected President of the United States, defeating incumbent Vice President Al Gore.
2001 - Rudy Giuliani: Giuliani, Mayor of New York City at the time of the September 11 attacks in 2001, was selected as a symbol of America's response to the attacks.
2002 - The Whistleblowers: Represented by Cynthia Cooper, Coleen Rowley, and Sherron Watkins. In 2001, Watkins uncovered accounting irregularities in the financial reports of Enron, testifying before Congressional committees the following year. In 2002, Cooper exposed a $3.8 billion fraud at WorldCom. At the time, this was the largest incident of accounting fraud in U.S. history. In 2002, Rowley, an FBI agent, gave testimony about the FBI's mishandling of information related to the September 11 attacks of 2001.
2003 - The American soldier: Representing U.S. forces around the world, especially in the Iraq War (2003–2011)
2004 - George W. Bush: In 2004, Bush was re-elected President of the United States, defeating John Kerry and overseeing US involvement in the Iraq War.
2005 - Bono, Bill Gates, and Melinda Gates :Bono, philanthropist and member of the rock band U2, helped to organise the 2005 Live 8 concerts. Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and richest person in the world at the time, and his wife Melinda, founded the philanthropic Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
2006 - You:Representing individual content creators on the World Wide Web
2007 - Vladimir Putin:Putin was President of Russia from 2000 to 2008, and from 2012 onwards. In 2007, it was apparent that Putin's power would continue after his presidential term expired: he had suppressed much of the opposition to his rule, including having a suspected role in the 2006 assassination of Anna Politkovskaya and poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, and had secured his position as Prime Minister of Russia to his loyalist successor Dmitry Medvedev.
2008 - Barack Obama:In 2008, Obama was elected President of the United States, defeating John McCain to become the first African-American President of the United States in January 2009.
2009 - Ben Bernanke:Chairman of the Federal Reserve during the financial crisis of 2007–08 and the following Great Recession.
2010 - Mark Zuckerberg:Founder of the social-networking website Facebook. In 2010, Facebook passed half a billion users but was involved in privacy disputes, and Zuckerberg had been the subject of the Oscar-winning biopic The Social Network.
2011 - The Protester:Recognizing the historic significance of many grassroots protests across the world during that year, such as the ongoing Arab Spring and those against austerity measures in Greece and later in Spain, against corruption in India, against the drug war in Mexico, for education in Chile, for social justice in Israel, as well as the riots in England, the anti-government protests in Russia and the emerging global Occupy Movement
2012 - Barack Obama:In 2012, Obama was re-elected President of the United States, defeating Mitt Romney.
2013 - Francis:  Elected Pope of the Roman Catholic Church in 2013, following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI
2014 - Ebola fighters:  "Ebola fighters" refers to health care workers who helped stop the spread of the Ebola virus during the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa, including not only doctors and nurses, but also ambulance attendants, burial parties and others.
2015 - Angela Merkel: Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021, recognized for leadership in the Greek debt crisis and European migrant crisis
2016 - Donald Trump: In 2016, Trump was elected President of the United States, defeating Hillary Clinton.
2017 - The Silence Breakers:  The people who spoke out against sexual abuse and harassment, including the figureheads of the American MeToo movement. Represented on the cover by strawberry picker Isabel Pascual (pseudonym), lobbyist Adama Iwu, actress Ashley Judd, software engineer Susan Fowler, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, and a sixth woman, a hospital worker who wished to remain anonymous and whose face cannot be seen.
2018 - The Guardians:  Journalists who faced persecution, arrest or murder for their reporting.
2019 - Greta Thunberg: Swedish environmental activist and founder of the School Strike for Climate campaign
2020 - Joe Biden and Kamala Harris: In 2020, Biden and Harris were elected President and Vice President of the United States respectively, defeating incumbent President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. In January 2021, Harris became the first woman, first African American, and first Asian American vice president.
2021 - Elon Musk: CEO of Tesla, Inc., founder and CEO of SpaceX, and the richest person in the world in 2021
2022 - Volodymyr Zelensky: President of Ukraine since 2019, and supreme commander-in-chief during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
2023 - Taylor Swift

hell nah tf is this crap  i am genuenly mad 

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Taylor being there TWICE. The most impactful artist of our generation :clap3: 

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She is a legend.

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Only woman to be Person of the Year 3 times :clap3:

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2020 should have been essential workers. 

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Putin, Bush, Trump, Elon :deadbanana2:

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Taylor first woman to be on the POTY twice. :clap3: 

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Taylegend

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TayALLAH :clap3: 

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Taylah is really that ***** in the culture conversation

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9 hours ago, G.U.Y_Del_Rey said:

Putin, Bush, Trump, Elon :deadbanana2:

They always choose the newly-elected president.

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The female Putin :clap3:

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