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Charles de Gaulle

President of France, 1959 to 1969

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Led the Free French in World War II, founded the Fifth Republic, ended the Algerian War and built an independent French nuclear force.

Charles de Gaulle sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly nationalist on nation, strongly strength-first on war and peace and leaning authoritarian on liberty and authority.

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Where Charles de Gaulle 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 authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Charles de Gaulle

GaullismA French tradition of national independence, a strong presidency and a leading role for…99%MilitarismTreats military strength and martial values as central to national life.98%Economic nationalismUses tariffs, subsidies and industrial policy to protect and grow domestic industry.97%CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…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: Office of War Information, Overseas Picture Division. [1] The image prefix (LC-USW3) at the Library of Congress image page matches that of pictures from the OWI collection (see prefix list here ., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.