Top 10 Rankings 2015

Research Note: World Leader Rankings on Twitter December 2015 9 #8 President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil climbed up two spots and added an impressive 1.2 million followers. Touted as Brazil’s ‘Iron Lady’, President Roussef has become Latin America’s fourth most followed leader on Twitter. However, her party has been embroiled in controversy in the last few months. Brazil’s Federal Court of Accounts ruled that the President broke the law last year while attempting to manage her nation’s budget. According to the court, Rousseff’s economic irregularities amount to over $26 billion. Brazilian opposition’s efforts to unseat President Dilma Rousseff advanced when the speaker of lower house of Congress opened impeachment proceedings against her, a move that threatens to mire the government even as she faces corruption scandals and sinking popularity in her country. #9 Juan Manuel Santos President of Colombia saw his ranking drop by two spots. However, his endeavour to end the armed conflict with FARC guerrilla rebels seems to be bearing fruit with the FARC leader, Timochenko, finally stating that the era of conflict might end soon. The President has vowed to end the armed conflict in 2016 and has extensively used the hashtag #2016EnPaz (#2016inPeace) in recent tweets. In a national address published on his Twitter account, the President remarked: “My wish for 2016 is that we can end the armed internal conflict and from this point on all Colombians, together, united, can build peace for Colombia.” Interestingly, President Juan Manuel Santos has had to reverse a celebratory Tweet after discovering that Miss Colombia had been mistakenly named the winner of the Miss Universe contest in Las Vegas, Nevada. Before the error was discovered, Santos wrote: "Colombians! The most beautiful in the world. Miss Universe 2016!!!! What pride!" However, just seconds later it was announced that Miss Colombia Adriadna Gutierrez Arevalo was the first runner-up rather than the winner. Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach of the Philippines was named the winner of the international beauty contest. Santos wrote to Gutierrez in a subsequent Tweet: "For us you'll always be our Miss Universe. We feel very proud."

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