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Christine Lagarde

President of the European Central Bank, 2019 to present

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Formerly France’s finance minister and head of the International Monetary Fund, she has led the European Central Bank since 2019.

Christine Lagarde sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and centered on liberty and authority. The clearest positions are strongly institutional on institutions, leaning globalist on nation and leaning tech-optimist on technology. The profile is close to the middle on liberty and authority and war and peace.

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Where Christine Lagarde 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 authorityCentered on liberty and authority
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceCentered on war and peace
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Christine Lagarde

Mario Draghi Prime Minister of Italy, 2021 to 202299%Ben Bernanke American economist and former Federal Reserve chairman99%Valéry Giscard d’Estaing President of France, 1974 to 198199%Fernando Henrique Cardoso President of Brazil, 1995 to 200399%Janet Yellen American economist and former US Treasury Secretary99%Maia Sandu President of Moldova, 2020 to present99%Gerhard Schröder Chancellor of Germany, 1998 to 200599%Fareed Zakaria Indian-American journalist99%

People furthest from Christine Lagarde

Adolf Hitler Chancellor and Führer of Germany, 1933 to 194513%Benito Mussolini Prime Minister of Italy, 1922 to 194314%Jair Bolsonaro President of Brazil, 2019 to 202215%Donald Trump US President, 2017 to 2021 and 2025 to present15%

Political views closest to Christine Lagarde

Social market economyKeeps markets competitive but backs them with rules, social insurance and partnership…99%Third Way centrismCombines market economics with moderate social policy and pragmatic problem solving.98%European federalismWants Europe's states to pool sovereignty into a shared democratic federation.98%OrdoliberalismFavors competitive markets protected by firm rules and a strong state, the basis of…97%

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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: Lemrich / European Central Bank, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.