Portrait of Zhou Enlai
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Zhou Enlai

Premier of China, 1949 to 1976

Mao's longtime deputy and diplomat who helped arrange the opening to the United States in 1972.

Zhou Enlai 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 state-led on economy and strongly institutional on institutions. The profile is close to the middle on culture.

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Where Zhou Enlai 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
🎭CultureCentered on culture
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional

Leaders most like Zhou Enlai

Josip Broz Tito Leader of Yugoslavia, 1945 to 198081%Lyndon B. Johnson US President, 1963 to 196972%Akbar Mughal Emperor, 1556 to 160572%Xi Jinping General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, 2012 to present71%Yitzhak Rabin Prime Minister of Israel, 1974 to 1977 and 1992 to 199571%Catherine the Great Empress of Russia, 1762 to 179670%

Leaders furthest from Zhou Enlai

Mahatma Gandhi Leader of the Indian independence movement9%Javier Milei President of Argentina, 2023 to present17%Jair Bolsonaro President of Brazil, 2019 to 202222%

Political views closest to Zhou Enlai

KemalismTurkey's founding ideology of secular, nationalist and state-led modernization.66%GaullismA French tradition of national independence, a strong presidency and a leading role for…63%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…63%

Percentages show how close two profiles are across all eight dimensions. Including a person here is for historical study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: President (1969-1974 : Nixon). White House Photo Office. 1969-1974; General Services Administration. National Archives and Records Service. Office of Presidential Libraries. Office of Presidential Papers. 1/20/1969-ca. 12/1974, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.