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Alexis Tsipras , the anti-austerity politician victorious in Sunday's Greek elections, has won legions of new A-list fans.
Voted prime minister of Greek, Twitter got swept up in polling-day fever.
And even Tsipras himself hasn't been immune to the pull of famous admirers - his first tweet after romping home with a landslide victory was to House actor Hugh Laurie .
Show all 25 1 /25Greece elections 2015: In pictures Greece elections 2015: In pictures Greece elections 2015 A supporter of Alexis Tsipras, leader of Syriza left-wing party, holds the Greek and French flag during a rally outside Athens University Headquarters in Athens
Greece elections 2015: In pictures Greece elections 2015 Supporters of Alexis Tsipras, leader of Syriza left-wing party, cheer during a rally outside Athens University Headquarters in Athens
Greece elections 2015: In pictures Greece elections 2015 Alexis Tsipras, leader of Syriza left-wing party, speaks during a rally outside Athens University Headquarters in Athens
Greece elections 2015: In pictures Greece elections 2015 Supporters of Alexis Tsipras, leader of Syriza left-wing party, cheer during a rally outside Athens University Headquarters in Athens
Greece elections 2015: In pictures Greece elections 2015 Alexis Tsipras, opposition leader and head of radical leftist Syriza party, greets supporters after the initial election results for the Greece general elections in Athens
Greece elections 2015: In pictures Greece elections 2015 Supporters of Germany's left-wing Die Linke party, hold placards as they show their support to Alexis Tsipras, leader of Syriza left-wing party after his speech to supporters in central Athens
Greece elections 2015: In pictures Greece elections 2015 A woman waves a Greek flag during a speech by the leader of Syriza left-wing party Alexis Tsipras outside Athens University Headquarters
Greece elections 2015: In pictures Greece elections 2015 Anti austerity Syriza party supporters celebrate as leader Alexis Tsipras speaks folllowing victory in the election in Athens
Greece elections 2015: In pictures Greece elections 2015 Greece's Conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras waves to his supporters as he arrivess at Zappeio Conference Hall in Athens
Greece elections 2015: In pictures Greece elections 2015 Supporters of New Democracy wave Greek flags during Antonis Samaras pre-election speech
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Greece elections 2015: In pictures Greece elections 2015 A voter casts his ballot in front of a map of Greece at a polling station in a school in Athens
Greece elections 2015: In pictures Greece elections 2015 A woman casts her ballot at a polling station in a school in a suburb of Athens near Athens
Greece elections 2015: In pictures Greece elections 2015 Supporters of the opposition radical leftist Syriza party cheer at exit poll results which indicate that Syriza have a clear lead in in Athens
Greece elections 2015: In pictures Greece elections 2015 Anti-austerity Syriza supporters celebrate after the first exit polls, as they gather at the Syriza election kiosk in Athens
Greece elections 2015: In pictures Greece elections 2015 Media crew set up in the balconies of a hotel overlooking the Greek Parliament building in Athens
Greece elections 2015: In pictures Greece elections 2015 Political party papers are organised at a polling station in a school in Athens
Greece elections 2015: In pictures Greece elections 2015 The Greek flag flies on top of the Greek parliament in Athens, as the nation goes to the polls. Greece votes in a crucial general election that could bring the anti-austerity Syriza party to power and lead to a re-negotiation of the country's international bailout
Greece elections 2015: In pictures Greece elections 2015 Alexis Tsipras is welcomed as he arrives for a pre-election campaign speech
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Greece elections 2015: In pictures Greece elections 2015 Prime Minister and leader of the conservative New Democracy party Antonis Samara delivers a pre-election speech
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Greece elections 2015: In pictures Greece elections 2015 The Leader of Pasok (Panhellenic Socialist Movement) Evangelos Venizelos speaks during a parliament meeting in December 2014
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Greece elections 2015: In pictures Greece elections 2015 Alexis Tsipras, head of the Syriza left-wing main opposition party, on the campaign trail
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Greece elections 2015: In pictures Greece elections 2015 Election posters for the communist party adorn a derelict shop in Athens
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Greece elections 2015: In pictures Greece elections 2015 Ballet dancers, performing for a film in Athens, dance in front of the Parliament building ahead of the general election
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Greece elections 2015: In pictures Greece elections 2015 Workers put up polling station signs at a school in Athens
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Greece elections 2015: In pictures Greece elections 2015 Supporters cheer as head of the conservative New Democracy party Antonis Samara arrives at the Taekwondo Indoor Stadium in Athens to give a pre-election address
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Other famous Twitter users followed suit:
However, not everybody was loving Tsipras' work:
No surprise there.
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