So, in this time of economic, natural and political uncertainties -- who do you think will rise up to become the greatest leader of 2009?
In the event of a hung parliament, India's president, Shankar Dayal Sharma, will call upon the leader commanding the greatest confidence in the house -- not necessarily the leader of the party with the most seats -- to form the government.
In fact, he may be the greatest project team leader in the history of high tech.
Scargill was introduced at the 2012 rally as the "greatest trade union leader this country has ever seen".
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"I think the United States of American again demonstrated why it's the greatest democracy on earth, " the Israeli leader said.
But reflection may very well be the single greatest attribute of a powerful leader, especially those destined for the business world.
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For his part, Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu talked of the generosity of the visit and of the US and recognised that Obama, the leader of "the world's greatest democracy" had gone out of his way to make this trip, to "a somewhat smaller democracy", the first of his second term.
The Movement for Democratic Change is the single greatest threat to the President's grip on power, the MDC's leader, Morgan Tsvangirai has said that they are seriously considering a Yugoslav-style uprising to topple Mugabe.
But the greatest risk the prime minister faced was from the one cabinet minister who went, the leader of the House of Commons and former foreign secretary, Robin Cook.
The officials described the nexus of terrorists and weapons of mass destruction as one of the greatest threats to U.S. national security, and said they hope the decision by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to voluntarily disarm will be a model for other rogue nations with large-scale weapons programs.
Leader of the French Romantic movement, his greatest novel "Les Miserables, " was published in 1862.
Rose came to see her earlier difficulties as a blessed opportunity to become a bigger leader and give her greatest gift in the world.
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Yet even those with the greatest misgivings about the use of force acknowledge that Iraq's leader, Saddam Hussein, must somehow be stripped of his weapons of mass destruction.
It is still left with a formidable leader who deserves to be remembered as one of the four greatest Prime Ministers in British history.
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Mrs Gandhi became its leader last year, restoring to Congress the aura of India's greatest political dynasty.
The relevant chart went up and I said, "the three greatest threats to HMV are, online retailers, downloadable music and supermarkets discounting loss leader product".
She represents the greatest college of racial justice in all and human rights around the world and Hillary will be my leader for life.
Although Imran led Pakistan to their greatest achievement, victory over England in the 1992 World Cup final, Javed arguably proved the more successful leader in Tests.
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