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Gulf Today - 09 August, 2012

UAE Vice-President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum is amongst the most followed leaders in the region and Arabic is the fourth most used language by world leaders on Twitter, a study has revealed.

According to public relations consultancy Burson-Marsteller’s recently released “Twiplomacy” (http://twiplomacy.com) study, leaders in the Middle East are increasingly using Twitter as an effective tool to inform their people and engage with them.

The study is the first-ever global study of world leaders on Twitter that researches 264 heads of state and their institutions in 125 countries of which 21 were from the Middle East and North Africa.

From the region, active leaders on Twitter include Sheikh Mohammed, who has just crossed the 1 million mark in followers; Queen Rania Al Abdullah (2,222,872 followers); Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki (69,217 followers); Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati (54,782 followers); Lebanese President Michel Suleiman (39,092 followers); Palestinian Prime Minister Dr Salam Fayyad (1,551 followers); Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali (1,324 followers) and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki (385 followers), it said.

Sheikh Mohammed has 13 other world leaders following him, making him the most followed by leaders in the region. Queen Rania is the fourth most followed world leader (2,222,872 followers) preceded by Barack Obama in first position (18,223,342 followers).
 
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