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Ten global personalities to watch in 2023, two of them from South America

Ten global personalities to watch in 2023, two of them from South America

From the governor of Florida, the Republican Ron DeSantis, to the Spanish tennis prodigy Carlos Alcaraz, passing through the Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, these are ten personalities to watch in the world in 2023.

Ron DeSantis

A critical year for Ron DeSantis, the wildly popular governor of Florida, re-elected by a wide margin in November as head of this southeastern US state. DeSantis, 44, should announce his candidacy in his party’s 2024 presidential election.

This rising star of the conservative camp would face his former mentor Donald Trump.

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 19, 2022. (Photo by Wade Vandervort/AFP)

Kristalina Georgieva

The director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva will be on the front line in 2023 to try to avert a large-scale debt crisis: the pandemic and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict weakened the world economy, caused state debts to explode and fueled skyrocketing inflation. Between rising interest rates and a looming recession, many of the most fragile countries are at risk of default.

prince henry

Following his thunderous departure from the royal family with his wife Meghan in 2020 and an interview that became all the rage in 2021, Prince Harry publishes his memoirs in January.

This book, entitled “Spare” and announced without a filter, can make a lot of noise a few months before the coronation of his father Carlos, on May 6.

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex attends a press conference at the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Düsseldorf, western Germany, where they will visit on September 6, 2022 in the context of the

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex attends a press conference at the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Düsseldorf, western Germany, where they will visit on September 6, 2022 in the context of the ‘One Year to Go’ event. of Invictus Games Duesseldorf 2023. (Photo by Sascha Schuermann / AFP)

Bob Iger

Summoned in November to return to the helm of Disney, Bob Iger has two years to save his inheritance and recover the losses from the streaming platforms with which the American entertainment giant launched its assault on Netflix.

His predecessor Bob Chapek, who left through the back door, had earned the ire of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis by criticizing his “Don’t say gay” law. This text prohibits the teaching in primary school of topics related to sexual orientation and gender identity. In retaliation, DeSantis abolished the private statute that had benefited the Disney World amusement park in Florida since the 1960s.

Carlos Alcaraz

The new tennis phenomenon, the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, won his first Grand Slam, the United States Open, in 2022, and at the age of 19 became the youngest world number 1 since the ATP rankings were made in 1973. .

In 2023, Alcaraz will seek to confirm his status as declared successor to a potentially retiring Rafael Nadal.

Yulimar Rojas

The Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas (27 years old), consecrated the first triple jump world champion in the Eugene-2022 World Athletics Championships and owner of the world record in the specialty (15.74), has between eyebrows breaking the 16-meter barrier and a fundamental appointment will be the World Athletics Championships in Budapest-2023.

Olympic champion in Tokyo-2020 (2021), Rojas has three outdoor World Cup gold medals (2017, 2019 and 2022) and another three indoors (2016, 2018 and 2022).

Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela celebrates after victory in the women's triple jump final during the Diamond League athletics meeting at the Stadion Letzigrund stadium in Zurich on September 8, 2022. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela celebrates after victory in the women’s triple jump final during the Diamond League athletics meeting at the Stadion Letzigrund stadium in Zurich on September 8, 2022. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva takes over on January 1 from far-right Jair Bolsonaro as Brazil’s leader, with the difficult challenge of reconciling an extremely polarized society and meeting international expectations of doing everything to save the Amazon.

margot robbie

Playing “Barbie” opposite Ryan Goslin in feminist filmmaker Greta Gerwig’s highly anticipated film, then joining Brad Pitt in Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon”: Australian star Margot Robbie will next year continue her prodigious rise in Hollywood.

Tsai Ing-wen

President of Taiwan since 2016, Tsai Ing-wen will have to face growing pressure from China in the coming months, which has multiplied incursions into the airspace of the island, autonomous from the mainland since 1949.

Last August, tensions reached an unprecedented level with the organization by China of gigantic military maneuvers to protest against the visit to Taiwan of the speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi.

Victor Wembanyama

The “alien” Victor Wembanyama will most likely become number one in the next NBA draft next June (the selection from which US basketball teams recruit their new figures).

The 2.21-meter-tall prodigy, 18, currently plays for Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans 92, a team from the Paris region whose matches are broadcast in the United States, something never seen for a non-US championship.

Source: Gestion

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