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Edi Rama

Prime Minister of Albania, 2013 to present

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An artist, former basketball player and mayor of Tirana who has led Albania since 2013, with a focus on infrastructure and EU membership.

Edi Rama sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly tech-optimist on technology, leaning authoritarian on liberty and authority and leaning secular on religion. The profile is close to the middle on nation and institutions.

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Where Edi Rama 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 authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationCentered on nation
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsCentered on institutions
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Edi Rama

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Political views closest to Edi Rama

Techno-optimismTrusts science, engineering and expert management to solve problems and wants technology…96%Realism in foreign policySees international politics as a contest of power and interests in which states act to…95%Effective accelerationismArgues that rapid technological progress, especially in AI and energy, is the best path…94%Liberal nationalismHolds that nations have a right to self-government and a shared identity, provided they…93%

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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: Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.