The 2009 TIME 100 Finalists

Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, entrepreneurs and thinkers who deserve a spot on this year's TIME 100. — By Brian Raftery

Gordon Brown

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AGE: 58
OCCUPATION: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100:

PRO: A recent high-profile visit with Obama — during which, in a very Say Anything moment, Brown gifted Obama with a pen — gave the Prime Minister a much-needed popularity boost back home.

CON: With skyrocketing unemployment, poor financial oversight and an unpopular Labour Party, Brown is widely viewed within the U.K. as a lame duck.

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