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Hilda Heine

President of the Marshall Islands, 2016 to 2020 and 2024 to present

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An educator and the first Micronesian woman to lead a sovereign country, she campaigns on climate change and on the legacy of US nuclear testing on her islands.

Hilda Heine sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: centered on economy and slightly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly nature-first on environment, strongly institutional on institutions and leaning religious on religion. The profile is close to the middle on economy.

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Where Hilda Heine 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.

💰EconomyCentered on economy
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Hilda Heine

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Political views closest to Hilda Heine

Social market economyKeeps markets competitive but backs them with rules, social insurance and partnership…97%Green conservatismSees protecting land, beauty and heritage as conservative values.94%Christian democracyBlends Christian social teaching, a social market economy and European cooperation.94%CommunitarianismStresses community bonds, shared values and civic duty over pure individualism.93%

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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: Chewy C. Lin / Office of the President and Cabinet of the Marshall Islands, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.