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Mohammad scores high in global Twitter ranking

gulfnews : Mohammad scores high in global Twitter ranking: "Dubai: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has been ranked sixth on the 'Heads of State Using Social Media' list compiled by the Washington-based Digital Policy Council, which monitors the usage of micro-blogging sites such as Twitter.

Shaikh Mohammad is listed in the Top Ten together with other top political personalities like US President Barack Obama, UK Prime Minister David Cameron, Queen Rania of Jordan, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

Shaikh Mohammad 'continues to engage his citizens and residents with open direct communication,' the council said. 'In June this year, he held the first e-session with the public on the Prime Minister's official website. The frank dialogue covered many issues, most prominent the fiscal health of Dubai.'

As of Saturday, Shaikh Mohammad's Twitter page showed 352,389 followers of his tweets. Tweeting under the name HHShkMohd, he has updated 'followers' on his life in 140-character messages.

The Council said it has recorded a strong movement towards open government as more leaders are aggressively pursuing social media channels as a new type of direct communication with their citizens and the global community.

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