Trinidad and Tobago
The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago uses Kamla, her first name, in the Twitter handles of her personal and her campaign accounts. Female empowerment is a recurring issue in all accounts, as Kamla Persad-Bissessar is the first woman to serve as Attorney General and Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.
Peer connections (as of 1 July 2012)
- follows unilaterally (51)
- followed unilaterally by (1)
- follows mutually (2)
Kamla Persad-Bissessar set up her personal Twitter account in October 2011. Her tweets are written by her staff and revolve around government projects, official statements and addresses to international forums. The account often tweets links to YouTube videos, Twitpics and Flickr photo albums to document her work. She has only tweeted six times herself signing as KPB: congratulating @AnyadeRogue, former Miss Trinidad and Tobago, for winning Project Runway Season 9, and thanking UNDP administrator and former Prime Minister of New Zealand @HelenClarkUNDP, for visiting Trinidad and Tobago. Interestingly Kamla Bissessar is unilaterally following 42 other heads of state and government.
Tweet analytics (as of 1 July 2012)
| Tweets: | 433 | |
| Following: | 436 | |
| Followers: | 1,212 | |
| Joined Twitter: | 10/11/2011 | |
| Language: | English | |
| Status: | Active | |
| Tweets/day: | 1.65 | |
| % Retweets: | 11% | |
| Mentions/Tweet: | 0.16 | |
| Replies/Tweet: | 2% | |
| % Tweets retweeted: | 36% | |
| Total of retweets: | 277 | |
| Most mentioned | ||
| @YouTube (10), @nyulaw (5), @GGDavidJohnston (4), @americas_org (4), @AnyadeRogue (3). | ||
Peer connections (as of 1 July 2012)
- follows unilaterally (0)
- followed unilaterally by (1)
- follows mutually (0)
“Join us on Facebook!” read the first tweet of @KamlaUNC, a campaign account set up a month before the general elections, which saw Kamla Bersad-Bissessaar become the first female Prime Minister of the Caribbean islands. Tweets from the account often link to her Facebook page, which has become her official website. Even though it was originally a campaigning account, @KamlaUNC has remained active after she was elected Prime Minister in May 2010.
Tweet analytics (as of 1 July 2012)
| Tweets: | 262 | |
| Following: | 153 | |
| Followers: | 1,081 | |
| Joined Twitter: | 04/28/2010 | |
| Language: | English | |
| Status: | Active | |
| Tweets/day: | 0.33 | |
| % Retweets: | 0% | |
| Mentions/Tweet: | 0.01 | |
| Replies/Tweet: | 0% | |
| % Tweets retweeted: | 29% | |
| Total of retweets: | 121 | |
| Most mentioned | ||
| @voteunc (1), @Cheryl (1). | ||
Peer connections (as of 1 July 2012)
- follows unilaterally (0)
- followed unilaterally by (4)
- follows mutually (0)
The institutional Twitter channel for the office of the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago has been dormant since July 2011. It was initially created in July 2010, two months after Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar came to power. The account tweeted official news about the PM and never used any links, #hashtags or @mentions.
Tweet analytics (as of 1 July 2012)
| Tweets: | 216 | |
| Following: | 1 | |
| Followers: | 265 | |
| Joined Twitter: | 07/11/2010 | |
| Language: | English | |
| Status: | Dormant since 01.07.2012 | |
| Tweets/day: | 0.3 | |
| % Retweets: | 0% | |
| Mentions/Tweet: | 0 | |
| Replies/Tweet: | 0% | |
| % Tweets retweeted: | 3% | |
| Total of retweets: | 6 | |
| Most mentioned | ||
