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Anutin Charnvirakul

Prime Minister of Thailand, 2025 to present

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Leader of the conservative Bhumjaithai Party, best known as the health minister who legalized cannabis, he became prime minister in 2025.

Anutin Charnvirakul sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly traditional on culture, strongly nationalist on nation and leaning free market on economy.

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Where Anutin Charnvirakul 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 free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Anutin Charnvirakul

National conservatismPrioritizes national sovereignty, cultural identity, tradition and firm borders.98%CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…97%GaullismA French tradition of national independence, a strong presidency and a leading role for…97%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…96%

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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: Jonathan Mazin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.