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Duma Boko

President of Botswana, 2024 to present

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A Harvard-trained lawyer who ended the Botswana Democratic Party’s 58 years in power in 2024 and has pushed for a larger national share of diamond wealth.

Duma Boko sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are leaning state-led on economy, leaning nationalist on nation and leaning traditional on culture. The profile is close to the middle on war and peace.

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Where Duma Boko 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 state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-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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People furthest from Duma Boko

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Political views closest to Duma Boko

Left conservatismCombines strong economic protection for workers with attachment to community, family and…98%CommunitarianismStresses community bonds, shared values and civic duty over pure individualism.98%Pan-AfricanismSeeks solidarity and unity among African peoples and states.97%Non-alignmentKeeps countries out of great-power blocs and military alliances.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: U.S. Department of State, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.