Mongolia
The government of Mongolia has reserved a Twitter account @GovernmentMN, but hasn’t tweeted anything yet. However both the president and the prime minister are active on Twitter.
Peer connections (as of 1 July 2012)
- follows unilaterally (0)
- followed unilaterally by (1)
- follows mutually (0)
The Mongolian President Elbegdorj has been on Twitter since 16 January 2011. His team tweets official news and announcements in Mongol with occasional tweets in English. In May 2012 the president’s office worked to block the sale of a Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton at an auction in New York. The “President of Mongolia is concerned that T-Rex skeleton may belong to Mongolia”, his team tweeted. The president does not directly engage with his followers and doesn’t follow any other world leader.
Tweet analytics (as of 1 July 2012)
| Tweets: | 187 | |
| Following: | 373 | |
| Followers: | 23,536 | |
| Joined Twitter: | 01/15/2011 | |
| Language: | Mongol | |
| Status: | Active | |
| Tweets/day: | 0.34 | |
| % Retweets: | 1% | |
| Mentions/Tweet: | 0.02 | |
| Replies/Tweet: | 1% | |
| % Tweets retweeted: | 49% | |
| Total of retweets: | 277 | |
| Most mentioned | ||
| @elbegdorj (1), @addthis (1), @YouTube (1) , | ||
Peer connections (as of 1 July 2012)
- follows unilaterally (5)
- followed unilaterally by (2)
- follows mutually (0)
The Prime Minister of Mongolia has been on Twitter since December 2010. Batbold Sükhbaataryn tweets mainly in Mongol with occasional tweets in English such as links to interviews with foreign media outlets or when “Cheering for my National Football team against Myanmar. Go #BlueWolves” in the first leg of Asia’s qualifiers for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The account has become particularly conversational in the run-up to the general elections in June 2012, with the prime minister retweeting and replying to his party colleagues and MPs. He does take time off to watch basketball, even retweeting his own son who studied in the US and is a fan of the Chicago Bulls: “RT @battushb: Chicago Bulls Playoff run, 2-0 so far!! Great start!”
Tweet analytics (as of 1 July 2012)
| Tweets: | 1,187 | |
| Following: | 214 | |
| Followers: | 20,376 | |
| Joined Twitter: | 12/03/2010 | |
| Language: | Mongol | |
| Status: | Active | |
| Tweets/day: | 2.09 | |
| % Retweets: | 16% | |
| Mentions/Tweet: | 0.09 | |
| Replies/Tweet: | 6% | |
| % Tweets retweeted: | 54% | |
| Total of retweets: | 1,928 | |
| Most mentioned | ||
| @ganhuyag (9), @OtgonbayarY (3), @Iregedui (3), @EnkaEnkhbayar (2), @TuulBS (2). | ||
