‘India’s Reformer-in-Chief’: Barack Obama (2015)
In Modi’s second listing, his description was penned by the then US President, the widely admired Barack Obama.
Within a year of coming to power, Modi, who was once banned from entering the United States, was being praised – by one of America’s finest Presidents – as a man with a vision for India’s economy, digital reform and an influential voice for climate change.
Here’s what Obama wrote in 2015:
“As a boy, Narendra Modi helped his father sell tea to support their family. Today, he’s the leader of the world’s largest democracy, and his life story—from poverty to Prime Minister—reflects the dynamism and potential of India’s rise.
Determined to help more Indians follow in his path, he’s laid out an ambitious vision to reduce extreme poverty, improve education, empower women and girls and unleash India’s true…