Portrait of Edi Rama
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Edi Rama

Prime Minister of Albania, 2013 to present

An artist, former basketball player and mayor of Tirana who has led Albania since 2013, with a focus on infrastructure and EU membership.

Edi Rama sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are leaning authoritarian on liberty and authority, leaning tech-optimist on technology and leaning free market on economy.

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Where Edi Rama 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.

💰EconomyLeaning free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional

Leaders most like Edi Rama

Milojko Spajić Prime Minister of Montenegro, 2023 to present85%Andris Kulbergs Prime Minister of Latvia, 2026 to present80%Péter Magyar Prime Minister of Hungary, 2026 to present79%Anwar Ibrahim Prime Minister of Malaysia, 2022 to present78%Simón Bolívar Liberator of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia78%Robert Abela Prime Minister of Malta, 2020 to present78%

Leaders furthest from Edi Rama

Mahatma Gandhi Leader of the Indian independence movement25%Leon Trotsky Soviet revolutionary and founder of the Red Army36%Kim Jong Un Supreme Leader of North Korea, 2011 to present36%

Political views closest to Edi Rama

Pan-AfricanismSeeks solidarity and unity among African peoples and states.71%SovereigntismInsists that national institutions, not international bodies, should have the final say.69%Techno-optimismTrusts science, engineering and expert management to solve problems and wants technology…67%

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