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Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

President of Argentina, 2007 to 2015

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A Peronist who continued her late husband Néstor Kirchner’s policies of state intervention and social spending, and remains a polarizing force in Argentine politics.

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly state-led on economy, leaning anti-establishment on institutions and leaning authoritarian on liberty and authority. The profile is close to the middle on environment and interventionism.

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Where Cristina Fernández de Kirchner 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.

💰EconomyStrongly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

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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: Charly Díaz Azcue. Comunicación Senado., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.