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Isaias Afwerki

President of Eritrea, 1993 to present

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Led Eritrea to independence from Ethiopia and has ruled it since as a one-party state with indefinite national service, no elections and no independent press.

Isaias Afwerki sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority, strongly strength-first on war and peace and strongly state-led on economy. The profile is close to the middle on environment and religion.

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Where Isaias Afwerki 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
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-cautious
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionCentered on religion
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Isaias Afwerki

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Political views closest to Isaias Afwerki

Pan-ArabismSeeks the unity of Arab peoples across state borders and independence from foreign…90%GaullismA French tradition of national independence, a strong presidency and a leading role for…90%MilitarismTreats military strength and martial values as central to national life.88%BonapartismAuthoritarian rule by a popular leader who claims to embody the nation, with plebiscites…87%

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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: Quirinale (Francesco Ammendola and Paolo Giandotti), Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.