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Hakainde Hichilema

President of Zambia, 2021 to present

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A businessman and long-time opposition leader who won in 2021 on a promise to fix the economy, restructured Zambia’s debt and has been criticized for curbs on critics.

Hakainde Hichilema sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly free market on economy, strongly traditional on culture and strongly religious on religion. The profile is close to the middle on environment, war and peace and interventionism.

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Where Hakainde Hichilema 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 free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceCentered on war and peace
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Hakainde Hichilema

Liberal conservatismCombines free markets and limited government with respect for institutions, tradition…97%Christian democracyBlends Christian social teaching, a social market economy and European cooperation.97%Fiscal conservatismPrioritizes low taxes, balanced budgets and limited public debt.95%OrdoliberalismFavors competitive markets protected by firm rules and a strong state, the basis of…95%

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