Twitter became trendy to most Lebanese politicians, a new tool to communicate directly with the people, here’s a short review of the major active accounts:
@drsamirgeagea All his tweets are linked to the official Facebook page, and resumed in a “I posted a new photo to Facebook”. Managed by his media team.
@haririsaad Handled by his communication team in Lebanon although he lives in Paris. He abuses every tweet to write exactly 140 characters condemning anything and everything. #1 in followers.
@sleimanmichel The former president comes in second place with the most followers after Saad Hariri. Managed by a team, except when a tweet is signed by his name.
@simonabiramia He tweets news about Michel Aoun’s daily schedule and visits, his opinion DO reflect the party’s decisions.
@nadimgemayel He tweets in a perfect arabic language, a clear sign that his account is handled by a specialized team.
@samygemayel His personal tweets are clearly signed “SG”, but you can’t not imagine his acute voice while reading his tweets
@gebran_bassil Managed by a media team with tweets revolving around his trips abroad and visits, including events under his patronage. Always smiling in his pictures.
@sleimanfrangieh His tweets are similar to his speeches, he only follows the Marada account…in other terms he follows himself.
@najib_mikati Huge contradictions in his tweets during his term as prime minister and after it. He criticizes the current government while still expressing himself as a potential candidate to save the country (sic)
@ibrahimkanaan His tweets are about Michel Aoun, Metn issues, but never mentions Gebrane Bassil.
@walidjoumblatt The most pleasant twitter account of a Lebanese politician. Humble, modest, confusing and reflecting his daily life. He replies to every question worth answering to. Few mistakes later and he nailed it.
@general_aoun His tweets reflects some kind of stubbornness, he follows no one. Zero.
@ziyadbaroud As a former minister he now tweets once every week or two weeks, mostly political messages hidden in poem phrases
@salamtammam He likes photos of his visits, also retweets most of the tweets he appears in.
@misbahahdab He only tweets about Tripoli to gain more popularity in his own city.
@jeanBObeid His account was quiet until recently when his name circulated as a presidential candidate.
@zahraantoine When he tweets it’s anti-Hezbollah tweets, no update since march; date when he was last seen anywhere.
@wiamwahhab He mostly tweets names of villages and warlords involved in the Syrian war, thus having more Syrian than Lebanese followers.
Note: No official Twitter accounts for any MP of Hezbollah or Amal. Party’s strict instructions.
oh u forgot Nicolas Sehnaoui, best and most favorite Politician on twitter among all parties, he is good in social media and interacting with bloggers ….
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Indeed, he’s a techy but i excluded him for not being involved lately in daily politics
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