Singapore has made it to the top 20 of another world ranking. Our Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, is number 16th on a list of the "hottest" world leaders. He is just one place below US president Barack Obama who weighs in at number 15.

This accolade was awarded by website "Hottest Heads of States", which publishes "a scientific and unbiased ranking of world leaders in order of hotness".

First on the list is Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, while North Korean leader Kim Jong II has the dubious honour of being the least attractive world leader at number 172.

The highest ranked Asian leader leaders are Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, at number three; and Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at number nine.

The creators say their purpose is to "heighten voter awareness... and shame the citizens of countries with unattractive leaders into rising up and staging coups or something", because "for too long, citizens of the world have suffered under the tyranny of unattractive leaders".

THE TOP 20
1. Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine
2. Jens Stoltenberg, Norway
3. Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Bhutan
4. Joseph Kabila, Democratic Republic of Congo
5. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Argentina
6. Rafael Correa, Ecuador
7. Henri, Grand Duek of Luxembourg
8. Roosevelt Skerrit, Dominica
9. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Philippines
10. Bamir Topi, Albania
11. Michelle Bachelet, Chile
12. Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus
13. Xanana Gusmao, East Timor
14. Mohamed Nasheed, Maldives
15. Barack Obama, USA
16. Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore
17. Mauricio Funes, El Salvador
18. Vladimir Putin, Russia
19. Pierre Nkurunziza, Burundi
20. Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzania

Source : Asia1