Portrait of Aleksandar Vučić
From history

Aleksandar Vučić

President of Serbia, 2017 to 2026

Dominated Serbian politics for over a decade as prime minister and then president, balancing EU accession talks with close ties to Russia and China.

Aleksandar Vučić sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market 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 Aleksandar Vučić 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 free market
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 peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional

Leaders most like Aleksandar Vučić

Ferdinand Marcos President of the Philippines, 1965 to 198687%Ferdinand Marcos Jr. President of the Philippines, 2022 to present85%Viktor Orbán Prime Minister of Hungary, 1998 to 2002 and 2010 to 202685%Recep Tayyip Erdoğan President of Turkey, 2014 to present (Prime Minister 2003 to 2014)84%Keiko Fujimori President of Peru, 2026 to present84%Prabowo Subianto President of Indonesia, 2024 to present83%

Leaders furthest from Aleksandar Vučić

Mahatma Gandhi Leader of the Indian independence movement13%José Mujica President of Uruguay, 2010 to 201514%Olof Palme Prime Minister of Sweden, 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 198617%

Political views closest to Aleksandar Vučić

National conservatismPrioritizes national sovereignty, cultural identity, tradition and firm borders.81%BonapartismAuthoritarian rule by a popular leader who claims to embody the nation, with plebiscites…79%FalangismA Spanish fascist-inspired movement stressing nation, Catholicism and corporatist unity.79%

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