Kamala Harris named world's third most powerful woman on Forbes list

After being elected vice-president, the Democratic senator from California is now listed below Christine Lagarde and Angela Merkel

Kamala Harris has become the third most powerful woman in the world by virtue of being elected as America's next vice-president, according to the latest rankings of a popular annual power list.

The Democratic senator from California was catapulted right into the No 3 spot for her debut on Forbes magazine's world's 100 most powerful women list. She appears just below Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, and the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, who made the top spot for the 10th straight year, in the 2020 list published this week.