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Gustavo Petro

President of Colombia, 2022 to 2026

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A former guerrilla and mayor of Bogotá, he became Colombia's first left-wing president, pushing tax and pension reform and an end to new oil exploration.

Gustavo Petro sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly nature-first on environment, strongly state-led on economy and strongly anti-establishment on institutions.

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Where Gustavo Petro 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.

💰EconomyStrongly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-cautious
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Gustavo Petro

Louis XIV King of France, 1643 to 17158%Ben Shapiro American conservative commentator10%Augusto Pinochet Ruler of Chile, 1973 to 199010%Vladimir Putin President of Russia, 2000 to present (with a term as prime minister)10%

Political views closest to Gustavo Petro

Eco-socialismArgues that capitalism drives ecological crisis and calls for public, democratic control…98%Deep ecologyGives nature value in itself and calls for a radical reduction of human impact.96%Green politicsPuts ecological limits, sustainability and grassroots democracy at the center of policy.96%Democratic socialismSeeks democratic control of key industries, broad public ownership and universal services.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: Departamento Nacional de Planeación, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.