Portrait of Alexander Lukashenko
In office today

Alexander Lukashenko

President of Belarus, 1994 to present

Often called Europe's last dictator, he has ruled for three decades, crushed mass protests after the disputed 2020 election and is a close ally of Russia.

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

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Where Alexander Lukashenko 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.

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

Leaders most like Alexander Lukashenko

Saddam Hussein President of Iraq, 1979 to 200381%Ruhollah Khomeini Supreme Leader of Iran, 1979 to 198980%Prabowo Subianto President of Indonesia, 2024 to present79%Ibrahim Traoré Head of state of Burkina Faso, 2022 to present78%Gamal Abdel Nasser President of Egypt, 1956 to 197078%Kim Jong Un Supreme Leader of North Korea, 2011 to present77%

Leaders furthest from Alexander Lukashenko

Mahatma Gandhi Leader of the Indian independence movement11%Václav Havel President of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, 1989 to 200311%José Mujica President of Uruguay, 2010 to 201512%

Political views closest to Alexander Lukashenko

FalangismA Spanish fascist-inspired movement stressing nation, Catholicism and corporatist unity.77%IslamismA broad family of movements that seek to organize politics and law around Islam, from…75%FascismAn ultranationalist one-party dictatorship built on a leader cult, militarism and the…74%

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