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Christopher Luxon

Prime Minister of New Zealand, 2023 to present

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A former airline chief executive who leads a center-right coalition focused on spending cuts and tax relief.

Christopher Luxon sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are leaning free market on economy, leaning tech-optimist on technology and leaning traditional on culture.

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Where Christopher Luxon 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 authoritySlightly 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
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Christopher Luxon

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Political views closest to Christopher Luxon

Liberal conservatismCombines free markets and limited government with respect for institutions, tradition…98%Fiscal conservatismPrioritizes low taxes, balanced budgets and limited public debt.97%Realism in foreign policySees international politics as a contest of power and interests in which states act to…96%CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…95%

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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: New Zealand National Party, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.