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Carlos Vila Nova

President of São Tomé and Príncipe, 2021 to present

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An engineer and former minister who won the 2021 presidency and has repeatedly clashed with prime ministers, dismissing the government in 2022 and again in 2025.

Carlos Vila Nova sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are leaning institutional on institutions, leaning religious on religion and leaning traditional on culture. The profile is close to the middle on nation, war and peace and interventionism.

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Where Carlos Vila Nova 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 authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationCentered on nation
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceCentered on war and peace
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Carlos Vila Nova

Christian democracyBlends Christian social teaching, a social market economy and European cooperation.99%OrdoliberalismFavors competitive markets protected by firm rules and a strong state, the basis of…98%Social market economyKeeps markets competitive but backs them with rules, social insurance and partnership…98%CommunitarianismStresses community bonds, shared values and civic duty over pure individualism.98%

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