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Corazon Aquino

President of the Philippines, 1986 to 1992

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Became the face of the People Power Revolution that ousted Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy.

Corazon Aquino sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly religious on religion, leaning traditional on culture and leaning libertarian on liberty and authority. The profile is close to the middle on technology and interventionism.

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Where Corazon Aquino 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 authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyCentered on technology
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Corazon Aquino

DistributismSpreads property widely among families and small producers, opposing both big capital…97%LocalismPushes power and decisions down to the smallest workable community.96%CommunitarianismStresses community bonds, shared values and civic duty over pure individualism.95%Post-liberalismArgues that liberalism has eroded community, family and shared purpose, and looks to…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: Airman Gerald B. Johnson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.