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Évariste Ndayishimiye

President of Burundi, 2020 to present

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A former rebel general and chair of the African Union in 2026 who runs a one-dominant-party state, and whose troops have fought alongside Congo’s army in the east.

Évariste Ndayishimiye sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority, strongly traditional on culture and strongly religious on religion. The profile is close to the middle on environment and technology.

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Where Évariste Ndayishimiye 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 authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyCentered on technology
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Évariste Ndayishimiye

Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 19403%John Lennon British musician and peace activist, 1940 to 19804%Murray Bookchin American social theorist, 1921 to 20065%Peter Kropotkin Russian anarchist and naturalist, 1842 to 19215%

Political views closest to Évariste Ndayishimiye

IslamismA broad family of movements that seek to organize politics and law around Islam, from…99%Social conservatismDefends the traditional family, religion and moral norms in law and society.98%MonarchismSupports a hereditary monarch as head of state, from ceremonial constitutional monarchy…96%National conservatismPrioritizes national sovereignty, cultural identity, tradition and firm borders.96%

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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: Lukasz Kobus / European Commission, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.