March 21, 2016 The Top 10 Historic Tweets from our leaders The 10 most historic tweets from world leaders over the past decade #Twitter10Years [View the story “The Top 10 Historic Twitter Moments from World Leaders” on Storify] The Top 10 Historic Twitter Moments from World Leaders The 10 most historic tweets from world leaders over the past decade #Twitter10Years #LoveTwitter Storified by Twiplomacy· Mon, Mar 21 2016 07:48:53 Estonian President @IlvesToomas sending his first tweet in 2012 Help! I’m being followed;-)toomas hendrik ilves Irish President Michael Higgins sending his first tweets in 2010 on the @MD_Higgins campaign account. Sending my first tweet.Michael D Higgins ….That seems to have been a success.Michael D Higgins Pope Benedict XVI joining Twitter in 2012 as @Pontifex. The tweet has been deleted and is archived on the Vatican's website. Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you for your generous response. I bless all of you from my heart.Benedict XVI Former Swedish Foreign Minister @CarlBildt reaching out to his Bahraini colleague @KhalidAlKhalifa in 2011 was the first twiplomatic exchange @khalidalkhalifa Trying to get in touch with you on an issue.Carl Bildt @carlbildt nice to hear from you to catch up on matters .. Your tweet caught the world’s interestخالد بن احمد Iranian President @HassanRouhani tweeting his phone conversation with @BarackObama. The tweet was deleted shortly afterwards. In a phone conversation b/w #Iranian & #US Presidents just now: @HassanRouhani: "Have a Nice Day!" @BarackObama: "Thank you. Khodahafez."Hassan Rouhani @BarackObama's victory tweet in 2012 went viral and became one of the most retweeted tweets of all time Four more years. http://t.co/bAJE6VomBarack Obama @BarackObama's one-word reaction to receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 went largely unnoticed in comparison Humbled.Barack Obama In 2014 Western allies and Russia waged a Twitter war over Crimea after its incorporation into Russia Geography can be tough. Here’s a guide for Russian soldiers who keep getting lost & ‘accidentally’ entering #Ukraine http://t.co/RF3H4IXGSpCanada at NATO Helping our Canadian colleagues to catch up with contemporary geography of #Europe @CanadaNATO http://t.co/MjzRxpFFfNRussians at NATO Indian Prime Minister @NarendraModi put his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang on Twitter with this selfie in 2015 It’s selfie time! Thanks Premier Li. http://t.co/DSCTszSnq3Narendra Modi The Prime Minister of Namibia, now its president, summing up his Twitter strategy in 2014 Be a leader, not a follower! LolHage Geingob
