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David Adeang

President of Nauru, 2023 to present

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A former speaker and finance minister of the world’s smallest republic, whose government has kept ties with China while depending on Australian support.

David Adeang sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: centered on economy and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are leaning religious on religion, leaning traditional on culture and leaning authoritarian on liberty and authority. The profile is close to the middle on economy and war and peace.

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Where David Adeang 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.

💰EconomyCentered on economy
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceCentered on war and peace
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to David Adeang

CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…98%CommunitarianismStresses community bonds, shared values and civic duty over pure individualism.98%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…98%Christian democracyBlends Christian social teaching, a social market economy and European cooperation.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: Naikaku Sōri Daijin Kantei, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.