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Top 10 Rankings 2015

Research Note: World Leader Rankings on Twitter December 2015 6 #4 His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai continued to make waves as he climbed up two spots and grew his account by almost 2 million followers in 2015. “The significance of these (social media) channels lies in their ability to reach out easily to all members of the society through personal devices,” he said at a Social Media Influencer Summit, which he convened in 2015 to discuss legislation to insure the “best use of social media platforms.” “It is our duty to help our young people and future generations by building a knowledge platform to protect them from any destructive and negative thoughts that affect their full potential and create constructive paths for Arab societies,” he further remarked. His Twitter feed is a testament of his vision for UAE as a pioneering state that believes in, using technology to fuel innovation in every walk of life. Interestingly, at the second annual Dubai International Art Symposium, thirty artists from all over the world transformed humanitarian tweets by Sheikh Mohammed into works of art, aptly titled ‘Coloured Tweets'. An avid poet, the PM also shares candid moments from his personal life with his fans including tweeting a picture of himself cooking food for his friends during a forest trip.

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