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Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

President of Egypt, 2014 to present

The army chief who removed President Mohamed Morsi in 2013 has built giant infrastructure projects, including a new capital, while suppressing opposition and the press.

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority, strongly nationalist on nation and strongly traditional on culture.

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Where Abdel Fattah el-Sisi sits on eight dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this leader's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomySlightly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional

Leaders most like Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

Augustus First Roman Emperor, 27 BCE to 14 CE92%Haile Selassie Emperor of Ethiopia, 1930 to 197489%Ferdinand Marcos President of the Philippines, 1965 to 198687%Charles de Gaulle President of France, 1959 to 196984%Chiang Kai-shek Leader of the Republic of China, 1928 to 197584%Charlemagne King of the Franks and Emperor, 768 to 81484%

Leaders furthest from Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

Mahatma Gandhi Leader of the Indian independence movement6%José Mujica President of Uruguay, 2010 to 201511%Václav Havel President of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, 1989 to 200316%

Political views closest to Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

MilitarismTreats military strength and martial values as central to national life.85%GaullismA French tradition of national independence, a strong presidency and a leading role for…84%State capitalismUses a strong state to steer a market economy toward rapid growth, often limiting…77%

Percentages show how close two profiles are across all eight dimensions. Including a person here is for historical study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in Egypt, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.