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Ahmed al-Sharaa

President of Syria, 2025 to present

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A former al-Qaeda and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham commander who led the offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad in 2024, and has since sought sanctions relief and recognition.

Ahmed al-Sharaa sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority, strongly traditional on culture and strongly religious on religion. The profile is close to the middle on environment, institutions and interventionism.

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Where Ahmed al-Sharaa 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 authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsCentered on institutions
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Ahmed al-Sharaa

Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 19402%John Lennon British musician and peace activist, 1940 to 19804%Murray Bookchin American social theorist, 1921 to 20064%Peter Kropotkin Russian anarchist and naturalist, 1842 to 19215%

Political views closest to Ahmed al-Sharaa

National conservatismPrioritizes national sovereignty, cultural identity, tradition and firm borders.98%IslamismA broad family of movements that seek to organize politics and law around Islam, from…97%Social conservatismDefends the traditional family, religion and moral norms in law and society.95%Religious rightSeeks to shape law and politics by religious, often Christian, values.95%

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