Time magazine named their Person Of The Year for 2008 and the winner is President-elect Barack Obama.

Those who were also in the running were Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson,  French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and Zhang Yimou, who directed the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics.

Photo gallery below.

 

Check out the cover story from Time here.

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