Portrait of Haile Selassie
From history

Haile Selassie

Emperor of Ethiopia, 1930 to 1974

Modernized Ethiopia, appealed to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion and helped found the Organization of African Unity. He was deposed in 1974.

Haile Selassie 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 traditional on culture and strongly nationalist on nation.

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Where Haile Selassie 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
🌱EnvironmentSlightly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional

Leaders most like Haile Selassie

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi President of Egypt, 2014 to present89%Augustus First Roman Emperor, 27 BCE to 14 CE89%Masoud Pezeshkian President of Iran, 2024 to present85%Charlemagne King of the Franks and Emperor, 768 to 81483%Xi Jinping General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, 2012 to present81%Louis XIV King of France, 1643 to 171581%

Leaders furthest from Haile Selassie

Mahatma Gandhi Leader of the Indian independence movement7%José Mujica President of Uruguay, 2010 to 201512%Václav Havel President of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, 1989 to 200316%

Political views closest to Haile Selassie

GaullismA French tradition of national independence, a strong presidency and a leading role for…81%MilitarismTreats military strength and martial values as central to national life.78%Confucian meritocracyPrefers rule by educated, moral officials chosen by merit over competitive elections.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: unknown; according to [1] and [2] an official portrait of which b/w copies were distributed by the Ethiopian government, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.