Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of Saudi Arabia, with 24% of the support, was the leader of the online voting results of readers of Time magazine.
Far from second place The Saudi Crown Prince is the members participating in the campaign #MeToo ("I too"). Social media users who said they were victims of harassment received 6% of their readers' votes.
Third place with 5% of the votes went to American football player Colin Kaepernick, special prosecutor of the US for Russian records Robert Muller and the "Dreamers" - young men illegally brought to the US by their parents.
With 24% of the votes, Prince Mohammed "defeated" the strong candidates for the title of "Person of the Year" such as US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and many other senior figures.
Time magazine selected 33 individuals and groups from many different fields of activity around the world.
The readers' voting results will end on December 4 and "Person of the Year" 2017 will be announced tomorrow, December 6.
The final decision is in the hands of the Time magazine editors, but the readers' voting results are said to play an important role. The person of the year is the person who has had the biggest influence on world news in the past 12 months.
The Saudi Arabian crown prince is the head of the Anti-Corruption Commission established on November 4. The very next day, he ordered the arrest of 11 members of the ruling family, more than 40 national figures and businessmen for money laundering and bribery.
In addition, he also boldly embarked on economic and social reform in Saudi Arabia. His 2020 national transformation program and vision 2030 are highly appreciated by experts around the world, bringing great benefits to the country.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Finance's budget report released on December 2 said that the country's total revenue in the third quarter reached nearly 38 billion USD, up 11% over the same period last year.
