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Women are better leaders than men, according to Barack Obama
BARACK Obama has declared that women make better leaders than men.
During an event in Singapore last week, the former president said women are "not perfect" but are "indisputably" better leaders than men.
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"Now women, I just want you to know; you are not perfect, but what I can say pretty indisputably is that you're better than us [men]," he said at the event according to the .
Obama continued: "I'm absolutely confident that for two years if every nation on earth was run by women, you would see a significant improvement across the board on just about everything... living standards and outcomes."
The former president quickly shot down any questions about his own political future.
"If you look at the world and look at the problems it's usually old people, usually old men, not getting out of the way," he said.
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Instead, Obama offered, a political tenure is not meant to be for life but just another line on a resume.
"It is important for political leaders to try and remind themselves that you are there to do a job, but you are not there for life," he said. "You are not there in order to prop up your own sense of self importance or your own power."
Obama's remarks came during a private leadership event while he and former first lady Michelle Obama were in the region for an Obama Foundation event in Kuala Lumpur.
The former first lady herself is no stranger to political rumors of a future run for office.
Earlier this year, despite proclaiming she has no interest in running for president, Michelle Obama topped a candidate poll.
During the 2016 election, President Obama backed Hillary Clinton in her run against current US President Donald Trump.
The world has seen an increase in women leaders as of late.
Earlier this month, Sanna Marin was elected as Finland's Prime Minister.
At 34, she is now the world's youngest serving premier and she has filled her cabinet with three other women under the age of 35.
Nancy Pelosi continues to present a strong opposition to Trump as Speaker of the House, announcing the articles of impeachment against the president and the new North American Free Trade Agreement plan less than an hour apart last week.
Greta Thunberg, 16, graced Time Magazine's cover as Person of the Year a year after she began skipping school in the fight against climate change.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern acted swiftly in the days following the terror attack in Christchurch.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is lauded as Germany's first female chancellor and for leading Germany through the financial crisis.
Fellow German Ursula von der Leyen recently took over as president of the European Commission less than a month ago during a highly tumultuous time when European nations are sparring over topics like immigration and climate change.
And of course, Queens Elizabeth has led the country since her ascension of the throne in the early 1950s.
Christine Lagarde is often named an influential woman in various publications for her steady rise from practicing international law to her current position as President of the European Central Bank.
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 and just ended her 12-year tenure as President of Liberia last year.
Sheikh Hasina, the longest serving prime minister of Bangladesh, was recently ranked as one of the world's top for establishing democratic order in the country.
Obama's remarks in Singapore echo he made in South Africa last year, urging more women to run for office because "men have been getting on my nerves."
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