BILAWAL BHUTTO ZARDARI

AGE: 19
OCCUPATION: Oxford student, Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party and son of slain leader Benazir Bhutto
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: Announcing his intention to finish school at Christ Church before entering politics (under Pakistani law, he can't run for anything until he's 25), Bhutto Zardari has practically admitted his appointment in the wake of his mother's assassination was largely symbolic.

CON: His appointment in the wake of his mother's assassination was largely symbolic. But his Party's majority control of parliament is very real.