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François Hollande

President of France, 2012 to 2017

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A Socialist who legalized same-sex marriage, hosted the Paris climate summit and sent troops to Mali, but left office with record unpopularity.

François Hollande sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and centered on liberty and authority. The clearest positions are strongly institutional on institutions, strongly interventionist on interventionism and leaning secular on religion. The profile is close to the middle on liberty and authority.

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Where François Hollande 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 authorityCentered on liberty and authority
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like François Hollande

Jens Stoltenberg Prime Minister of Norway and NATO Secretary General99%Jonas Gahr Støre Prime Minister of Norway, 2021 to present99%Josep Borrell EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, 2019 to 202499%Keir Starmer UK Prime Minister, 2024 to 202699%Olaf Scholz Chancellor of Germany, 2021 to 202599%Bob Hawke Prime Minister of Australia, 1983 to 199199%Chuck Schumer US Senate Democratic leader, 2017 to present99%Felipe González Prime Minister of Spain, 1982 to 199698%

People furthest from François Hollande

Murray Rothbard American economist, 1926 to 199511%Jair Bolsonaro President of Brazil, 2019 to 202211%Leo Tolstoy Russian novelist and moral thinker, 1828 to 191012%Dorothy Day American journalist and Catholic Worker founder, 1897 to 198014%

Political views closest to François Hollande

Third Way centrismCombines market economics with moderate social policy and pragmatic problem solving.99%Humanitarian interventionismHolds that outside powers may use force to stop genocide and mass atrocities, even…99%Liberal internationalismBacks a rules-based world order of alliances, trade and institutions to keep the peace.97%Nordic modelPairs open markets and high trust with high taxes, strong unions and generous public…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: Valsts kanceleja/ State Chancellery from Rīga, Latvija, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.