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Hibatullah Akhundzada

Supreme Leader of Afghanistan, 2021 to present

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Subject of an ICC arrest warrant over the persecution of women and girls

A religious scholar who leads the Taliban and rules Afghanistan by decree, imposing severe restrictions that bar girls and women from most education and work.

Hibatullah Akhundzada sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority, strongly traditional on culture and strongly religious on religion. The profile is close to the middle on environment.

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Where Hibatullah Akhundzada sits on ten dimensions

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💰EconomySlightly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-cautious
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Hibatullah Akhundzada

IslamismA broad family of movements that seek to organize politics and law around Islam, from…97%IntegralismA Catholic view that political authority should serve the Church's spiritual aims.96%Social conservatismDefends the traditional family, religion and moral norms in law and society.95%TraditionalismDefends inherited culture, faith, family and local community against rapid modernization.94%

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