David Cameron has been handed a massive Christmas gift - and it'll come as a shock to anyone hit by welfare cuts .
Apparently the rosy-cheeked Prime Minister is the third most popular leader in the world.
The Tory leader beat the leaders of Iran, Russia and China to claim the gong from a polling firm.
Only Barack Obama, who came first, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who came second, beat the British PM in a ranking of the 10 best-known leaders around the world.
People in 65 countries were asked how favourably or unfavourably they viewed the 10 leaders - with a massive 59% favourable score for the US President.
David Cameron scored a 37% favourable rating, though another 28% of people viewed him unfavourably.
People in South Asia were the most friendly to the PM, with 53% saying they viewed him favourably and just 12% saying they viewed him unfavourably.
He was also popular in the rest of Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, where 44% of people viewed the PM favourably.
But perhaps unsurprisingly, he fared worst in the Middle East and North Africa - where just 24% of people have a positive view of him.
See the full results from the ORB and WIN/Gallup International World Leader Index below.
Ranking of 10 best-known world leaders
1. US President Barack Obama
59% favourable
29% unfavourable
2. German Chancellor Angela Merkel
42% favourable
29% unfavourable
3. British Prime Minister David Cameron
37% favourable
28% unfavourable
4. French President Francois Hollande
35% favourable
29% unfavourable
5. Russian President Vladimir Putin
33% favourable
43% unfavourable
6. Chinese President Xi Jinping
27% favourable
30% unfavourable
7. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
24% favourable
20% unfavourable
8. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff
24% favourable
23% unfavourable
9. Saudi Arabia King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud
20% favourable
31% unfavourable
10. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
19% favourable
32% unfavourable.
Source : Mirror
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