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Ismaïl Omar Guelleh

President of Djibouti, 1999 to present

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Hosts the military bases of the US, France, China, Japan and others on a strategic Red Sea strait, and has extended his rule through constitutional changes and boycotted elections.

Ismaïl Omar Guelleh 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 religious on religion and leaning traditional on culture. The profile is close to the middle on environment and interventionism.

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Where Ismaïl Omar Guelleh 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.

💰EconomySlightly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Ismaïl Omar Guelleh

CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…98%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…97%Social conservatismDefends the traditional family, religion and moral norms in law and society.96%MonarchismSupports a hereditary monarch as head of state, from ceremonial constitutional monarchy…96%

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