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Adolfo Suárez

Prime Minister of Spain, 1976 to 1981

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A Francoist official who steered Spain’s transition to democracy, legalizing political parties, including the Communists, and calling the first free elections in 1977.

Adolfo Suárez sits in the near the center part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly institutional on institutions, leaning tech-optimist on technology and leaning religious on religion. The profile is close to the middle on environment and interventionism.

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Where Adolfo Suárez 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 authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Adolfo Suárez

Social market economyKeeps markets competitive but backs them with rules, social insurance and partnership…99%OrdoliberalismFavors competitive markets protected by firm rules and a strong state, the basis of…99%Christian democracyBlends Christian social teaching, a social market economy and European cooperation.98%KeynesianismSupports government spending and central bank action to smooth recessions and protect…97%

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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: Ministerio de la Presidencia. Gobierno de España., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.