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Abiy Ahmed

Prime Minister of Ethiopia, 2018 to present

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Won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for making peace with Eritrea, then faced a devastating civil war in Tigray, and remains in office.

Abiy Ahmed sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are leaning authoritarian on liberty and authority, leaning strength-first on war and peace and leaning interventionist on interventionism.

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Where Abiy Ahmed 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.

💰EconomySlightly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Abiy Ahmed

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People furthest from Abiy Ahmed

Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 19406%John Lennon British musician and peace activist, 1940 to 19809%Leo Tolstoy Russian novelist and moral thinker, 1828 to 191010%Murray Rothbard American economist, 1926 to 199511%

Political views closest to Abiy Ahmed

One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…96%Liberal conservatismCombines free markets and limited government with respect for institutions, tradition…95%Realism in foreign policySees international politics as a contest of power and interests in which states act to…95%CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…94%

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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: Ethiopia Prime Minister's Office, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.