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Anura Kumara Dissanayake

President of Sri Lanka, 2024 to present

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Leader of the left-wing National People’s Power alliance who won the 2024 presidential election on an anti-corruption platform after the country’s economic collapse.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly nationalist on nation, leaning state-led on economy and leaning non-interventionist on interventionism.

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Where Anura Kumara Dissanayake 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 authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Anura Kumara Dissanayake

Left conservatismCombines strong economic protection for workers with attachment to community, family and…98%Left-wing populismFrames politics as ordinary people against economic elites, with strong redistribution…95%Pan-AfricanismSeeks solidarity and unity among African peoples and states.94%CommunitarianismStresses community bonds, shared values and civic duty over pure individualism.93%

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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: Prime Minister's Office, GODL-India, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.