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Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

President of Somalia, 2012 to 2017 and 2022 to present

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A former academic and civil society activist who returned to the presidency in 2022, focused on fighting al-Shabaab and on constitutional reform.

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

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Where Hassan Sheikh Mohamud 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 free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly 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
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…99%MonarchismSupports a hereditary monarch as head of state, from ceremonial constitutional monarchy…99%Social conservatismDefends the traditional family, religion and moral norms in law and society.98%National conservatismPrioritizes national sovereignty, cultural identity, tradition and firm borders.98%

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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: Villa Somalia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.