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Faustin-Archange Touadéra

President of the Central African Republic, 2016 to present

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A mathematician who removed term limits and won a third term in 2025, relying on Russian security contractors to hold off armed groups.

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

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Where Faustin-Archange Touadéra 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 state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Faustin-Archange Touadéra

CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…98%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…97%Social conservatismDefends the traditional family, religion and moral norms in law and society.97%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: Christophe Licoppe / European Communities, 2025 / EC - Audiovisual Service, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.