Namely, the President of Guyana.

Some world leaders, including Nicolas Sarkozy, have genuine Facebook profiles boasting thousands of supporters, but Bharrat Jagdeo, the leader of Guyana since 1999, is not one of them.

A fake profile of the president attracted almost 200 supporters before Jagdeo lodged a complaint and called in the police. He issued a terse statement pointing out that he is not, and never has been, a member of Facebook, or any other social networking site.

It said: "The office of the president is concerned that someone has impersonated President Bharrat Jagdeo on the community-based website Facebook."

It added: "The public is being asked to ignore this impersonation."

On Wednesday Jagdeo asked the Guyana police to track down the impersonator.

The bogus profile has since been taken down. It included two photo albums: one of the Berbice bridge in Guyana and one of international leaders, some with Jagdeo.

The government statement complained that someone had also impersonated Jagdeo on the networking site in July.

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