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Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

President of Egypt, 2014 to present

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The army chief who removed President Mohamed Morsi in 2013 has built giant infrastructure projects, including a new capital, while suppressing opposition and the press.

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

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Where Abdel Fattah el-Sisi sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

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Political views closest to Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

GaullismA French tradition of national independence, a strong presidency and a leading role for…99%MilitarismTreats military strength and martial values as central to national life.98%CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…97%State capitalismUses a strong state to steer a market economy toward rapid growth, often limiting…96%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in Egypt, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.