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Hugo Chávez

President of Venezuela, 1999 to 2013

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Funded social programs with oil revenue in his “Bolivarian Revolution” while concentrating power and deeply polarizing the country.

Hugo Chávez sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly anti-establishment on institutions, strongly state-led on economy and strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority. The profile is close to the middle on technology.

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Where Hugo Chávez 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 state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyCentered on technology
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Hugo Chávez

Maximilien Robespierre Leader of the French Revolution, 1793 to 179497%Gamal Abdel Nasser President of Egypt, 1956 to 197093%Juan Perón President of Argentina, 1946 to 1955 and 1973 to 197493%Emmeline Pankhurst British suffragette leader, 1858 to 192892%Patrice Lumumba Prime Minister of the Congo, 196091%Yasser Arafat Chairman of the PLO, 1969 to 200490%Indira Gandhi Prime Minister of India, 1966 to 1977 and 1980 to 198490%Cristina Fernández de Kirchner President of Argentina, 2007 to 201590%

People furthest from Hugo Chávez

Murray Rothbard American economist, 1926 to 19959%Leo Tolstoy Russian novelist and moral thinker, 1828 to 191010%Carl Sagan American astronomer and science communicator, 1934 to 199611%Bertrand Russell British philosopher and pacifist, 1872 to 197012%

Political views closest to Hugo Chávez

BolivarianismA Latin American left movement mixing socialism, nationalism and Simón Bolívar's dream…99%Anti-colonial nationalismFuses independence struggles with economic self-reliance and national dignity.97%PeronismAn Argentine movement blending labor rights, welfare and economic nationalism around a…93%Pan-ArabismSeeks the unity of Arab peoples across state borders and independence from foreign…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: Vicepresidencia de Venezuela, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.