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Bola Tinubu

President of Nigeria, 2023 to present

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A former Lagos governor who ended the fuel subsidy and let the naira float, painful reforms aimed at stabilizing Africa's largest economy.

Bola Tinubu sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are leaning free market on economy, leaning authoritarian on liberty and authority and leaning traditional on culture. The profile is close to the middle on institutions.

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Where Bola Tinubu 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
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsCentered on institutions
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Bola Tinubu

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Political views closest to Bola Tinubu

Thatcherism and ReaganismFree-market economics, tax cuts, deregulation and a firm stance toward the Soviet Union.97%Liberal conservatismCombines free markets and limited government with respect for institutions, tradition…95%FusionismBlends free-market and small-government ideas with traditional social values and a…94%CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…94%

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