Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Brazil’s former president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, returns to power on January 1, after winning the second round of the presidential election with 50.9% of the vote, to Jair Bolsonaro’s 49.1%. Lula da Silva will take office as Brazil’s new head of state on the first day of 2023, with the difficult mission to reconcile an extremely polarized society and meet international expectations to act to save the Amazon.
Ron DeSantis
A critical year for Ron DeSantis, the popular governor of Florida, who was re-elected in November with a large majority to lead the southeastern US state. DeSantis, 44, is expected to announce his candidacy for the Republican Party primary for the 2024 presidential election. If he goes ahead with the candidacy, he will run against former President Donald Trump in the party’s internal race.
Kristina Georgieva
The director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, will lead the way in 2023 to try to prevent a large-scale debt crisis: the pandemic and the war in Ukraine have weakened the global economy, the explosion of the debts of the states and led to staggering inflation. Between rate hikes and a looming recession, many vulnerable countries are at risk of default.
Prince Harry
After announcing the royal family’s departure in 2020 and a controversial interview in 2021, Prince Harry will publish his memoirs in January. The book, titled “Spare,” will be released about four months after the death of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, and before the death of his father, King Charles III, on May 6.
Bob Iger
Called in November to return to Disney, CEO Bob Iger has two years to salvage the legacy and recoup losses incurred by the Disney+ streaming platform. It will also have to face the fallout from the conflict between Disney and Ron DeSantis. The Florida governor decided to end the special statute that benefited Disney World theme park in Orlando after being criticized by Bob Chapek, Iger’s predecessor, for the “Don’t Say Gay” law that prohibits the teaching of LGBTQ issues in schools.
Carlos Alcaraz
New tennis phenomenon, the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz won his first Grand Slam in 2022 by winning the US Open. At the age of 19, he became the youngest number 1 in the history of the ATP ranking, drafted in 1973. In 2023, Alcaraz will try to confirm the position of successor to Rafael Nadal.
Yulimar Rojas
27-year-old Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas, the first triple jump world champion, Olympic champion in Tokyo2020 and owner of the world record for the event (15.74 m), faces the challenge of breaking the 16-meter barrier. And he will have a chance at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest in 2023.
Margaret Robbie
The actress will play ‘Barbie’ in a highly anticipated film by feminist filmmaker Greta Gerwig. After that, he will appear alongside Brad Pitt in Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon”, which shows that he will continue his rise in Hollywood.
Tsai Ingwen
Tsai Ing-wen, president of Taiwan since 2016, will come under increasing pressure in the coming months from China, which has increased its incursions into the airspace of the island, which has been autonomous from the mainland since 1949.
Victor Wembanyama
Nicknamed the “alien”, Victor Wembanyama will likely be No. 1 in the NBA draft in June. The 2.21m tall, 18-year-old prodigy currently defends Metropolitans 92 de Boulogne-Levallois, a team from the Paris region that shows matches in the US, something never recorded for a championship outside the country.
Source: DN
