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Herbert Kickl

Austrian politician and leader of the Freedom Party

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A former interior minister who leads the Freedom Party of Austria, which topped the 2024 election, on a platform of tight immigration limits and criticism of the EU and of pandemic restrictions.

Herbert Kickl sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly nationalist on nation, strongly anti-establishment on institutions and strongly traditional on culture.

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Where Herbert Kickl 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 authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-cautious
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Herbert Kickl

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People furthest from Herbert Kickl

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Political views closest to Herbert Kickl

Right-wing populismCasts politics as ordinary people against elites, mixing nationalism, tradition and…97%PaleoconservatismA conservative strain skeptical of immigration, free trade and foreign wars, and…95%IsolationismKeeps the country out of foreign alliances and wars and puts domestic concerns first.95%SovereigntismInsists that national institutions, not international bodies, should have the final say.94%

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