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Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany, 1998 to 2005

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Kept Germany out of the Iraq War and launched the labor-market reforms known as Agenda 2010, and later took jobs with Russian energy companies.

Gerhard Schröder sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly institutional on institutions, leaning tech-optimist on technology and leaning free market on economy.

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Where Gerhard Schröder 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 free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Gerhard Schröder

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Political views closest to Gerhard Schröder

Third Way centrismCombines market economics with moderate social policy and pragmatic problem solving.99%Social market economyKeeps markets competitive but backs them with rules, social insurance and partnership…98%KeynesianismSupports government spending and central bank action to smooth recessions and protect…98%Eco-modernismArgues that technology such as nuclear power, intensive farming and urbanization can…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: Пресс-служба Президента Республики Казахстан, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.