Africa & Middle East

Liberia

Political journey

Founded in the 19th century by freed African Americans, Liberia declared independence in 1847, and its settler elite ruled until a 1980 coup. Two civil wars from 1989 to 2003 killed roughly 250,000 people. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became Africa’s first elected woman head of state in 2006, and Joseph Boakai won the presidency in 2023.

Liberia today

Its current leader’s position on the ten Caucus dimensions.

💰EconomyLeaning free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceCentered on war and peace
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

Who leads Liberia today

Portrait of Joseph Boakai

Joseph Boakai

President of Liberia, 2024 to present

A former vice president who beat football star George Weah in 2023, promising to fight corruption and rebuild roads under his “ARREST” agenda.

Joseph Boakai sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly religious on religion, leaning traditional on culture and leaning institutional on institutions. The profile is close to the middle on war and peace and interventionism.

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Political views closest to Liberia’s leadership

Christian democracyBlends Christian social teaching, a social market economy and European cooperation.99%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…98%Green conservatismSees protecting land, beauty and heritage as conservative values.98%CommunitarianismStresses community bonds, shared values and civic duty over pure individualism.98%

Countries with similar leadership

Ranked by how close their current leaders are on the ten dimensions.

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Country histories are short summaries. Positions are simplified estimates of the leaders included in Caucus as of October 2026, and percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions.