2. Contents
WHAT iS THE OL RANKiNG?
Why THE OL RANKiNG?
WHAT iS An Ol?
Methodology
THE OL RANKiNG
WhAt is Opposition Leaders?

3. WHAT iS THE OL RANKiNG?
The OL Ranking is a ranking of the most
popular World opposition leaders which
compares and analyzes their capacity to
extend a network of influence through
social media and thus built an opposition
network.

4. Why THE OL RANKiNG?
This ranking is the first step ever in
monitoring the social activity, and its
transcendence, of the main political
actors when it comes to control
government’s activity .
The final objective of this project is to
get a detailed database which will bring
out an overview about the different
strategies and tactics used by non
governmental parties to erode the
executive power.

5. WHAT iS An Ol?
The OL (Opposition Leader or Leader of the
Opposition) is a title traditionally held
by the leader of the largest party not in
government in a Westminster System of
parliamentary government. The Leader of
the Opposition is often seen as the
alternative Prime Minister,
Premier or Chief Minister to the present
incumbent, and heads a rival alternative
government known as the Shadow Cabinet or
Opposition Front Bench1.
1Wikipedia

6. Methodology
The OL Rank is based on three fundamental
variables: future expectations (based on
age), experience in office and use of
social media. The first two categories are
ranked from 1 to 19 and represent the 17%
of the final average each.
The use of social media analyses both,
personal and party popularity on social
the networks Twitter and Facebook.
The final OL Rank measures the average
position in the three variables analyzed,
so the fewer is the OL value, the higher
leaders are in the ranking.

7. THE OL RANKiNG [August 2011]
Place Name Country Party OL Rank
1 Anwar Ibrahim Malaysia PKR 2,3
2 Abhisit Vejjajiva Thailand Democrat Party 2,7
3 Ed Miliband UK Labour Party 2,9
4 Mariano Rajoy Brey Spain PP
3,6
5 Tony Abbott Australia Liberal Party
3,7
6 Jack Layton Canada New Democratic Party
7 Joseph Muscat Malta Labour Party
3,8
8 Arun Jaitley India Bharatiya Janata Party 4,0
9 Tzipi Livni Israel Kadima 4,1
10 Antonis Samaras Greece New Democracy 4,2
11 Athol Trollip South Africa Democratic Alliance 5,3
12 Micheál Martin Ireland Fianna Fáil 5,3
13 Zoran Milanović Croatia SDP 5,7
14 Phil Goff New Zealand Labour Party 6,0
15 Ranil Wickremesinghe Sri Lanka United National Party 6,1
Pakistan Muslim League-
16 Nisar Ali Khan Pakistan Nawaz Wing 6,3
17 Hector John Dominica UWP 6,3
Millis Malcolm (Mick) 7,0
18 Beddoes Fiji United Peoples Party 7,7
19 Derek Sikua Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Liberal Party 8,3

8. THE top 3 (ol rAnk)
#1 #2 #3
Anwar Ibrahim Abhisit Vejjajiva Ed Miliband
The networker The future
The popular
The third youngest OL.
Excels in the use of social Keeps his popularity from Excels in popularity even
media, has experience in Prime Minister. Is the his lack of experience in
the business and never most followed and the office.
been Prime Minister. fifth youngest OL.

9. THE leAders (by continent)
Anwar Ibrahim Tony Abbott Ed Miliband Jack Layton Tzipi Livni

10. THE YOUNGESTS
#1 #2 #3
Joseph Muscat Hector John Ed Miliband

11. Most experienced in office
#1 #2 #3
Millis Malcolm Ranil Wickremesinghe Mariano Rajoy Brey
(Mick) Beddoes

12. WhAt is Opposition Leaders?
Opposition Leaders is a firm which carries out the study
and monitoring of all ways of opposition in public disputes
[NIMBY battles, electoral processes, union battles, etc.].
Opposition Leaders gives advice to governments, political
parties, organizations and companies to deal with the
opposition they face on their daily activity to any given
project.
Opposition Leaders also offers their know how to
organizations and political leaders to build and extend
their network of influence so they can be a real
alternative to the executive power.
To get more information about Opposition Leaders you can
visit http://oppositionleaders.com or email
glbonafont@oppostionleader.com.