(VOVworld) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has been voted the world's "number one politician" in 2013.

Receiving 133 out of 175 votes, Vladimir Putin has become the world's number one politician in 2013 (Photo: voiceofrussia)

He received 133 out of 175 votes, eclipsing Pope Francis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and US President Barack Obama. In the field of science, British Nobel laureate physicist Peter Higgs was voted scientist of 2013. The world's number one culture figure is Canadian writer Alice Munro, who won the 2013 Nobel prize in literature. The results are from a global poll involving 175 news agencies and media outlets.