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António de Oliveira Salazar

Prime Minister of Portugal, 1932 to 1968

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Ran the conservative, Catholic, one-party "Estado Novo" dictatorship and held on to Portugal's colonies. His regime fell in the 1974 Carnation Revolution.

António de Oliveira Salazar sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority, strongly traditional on culture and strongly nationalist on nation.

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

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Political views closest to António de Oliveira Salazar

MonarchismSupports a hereditary monarch as head of state, from ceremonial constitutional monarchy…97%IslamismA broad family of movements that seek to organize politics and law around Islam, from…95%National conservatismPrioritizes national sovereignty, cultural identity, tradition and firm borders.95%Social conservatismDefends the traditional family, religion and moral norms in law and society.94%

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