Portrait of Gustavo Petro
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Gustavo Petro

President of Colombia, 2022 to 2026

A former guerrilla and mayor of Bogotá, he became Colombia's first left-wing president, pushing tax and pension reform and an end to new oil exploration.

Gustavo Petro sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly nature-first on environment, strongly state-led on economy and strongly anti-establishment on institutions.

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Where Gustavo Petro 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 authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-cautious
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional

Leaders most like Gustavo Petro

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva President of Brazil, 2003 to 2010 and 2023 to present76%Thomas Sankara President of Burkina Faso, 1983 to 198773%Evo Morales President of Bolivia, 2006 to 201972%José Mujica President of Uruguay, 2010 to 201572%Andy Burnham Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 2026 to present71%Claudia Sheinbaum President of Mexico, 2024 to present70%

Leaders furthest from Gustavo Petro

Augusto Pinochet Ruler of Chile, 1973 to 19900%Jair Bolsonaro President of Brazil, 2019 to 20223%Vladimir Putin President of Russia, 2000 to present (with a term as prime minister)6%

Political views closest to Gustavo Petro

Eco-socialismArgues that capitalism drives ecological crisis and calls for public, democratic control…79%Deep ecologyGives nature value in itself and calls for a radical reduction of human impact.79%Utopian socialismImagines planned model communities built on cooperation, an approach that predates…73%

Percentages show how close two profiles are across all eight dimensions. Including a person here is for historical study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Departamento Nacional de Planeación, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.