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José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

Prime Minister of Spain, 2004 to 2011

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Withdrew Spanish troops from Iraq, legalized same-sex marriage in 2005 and expanded social rights, before the financial crisis ended his time in office.

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly progressive on culture, strongly secular on religion and leaning nature-first on environment.

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Where José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero 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.

💰EconomyLeaning state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

Secular humanismBases ethics and public life on reason and science rather than religion.98%Social liberalismDefends individual rights and open societies while backing public services and equal…98%Liberal feminismPursues gender equality through law, education and equal access to jobs and politics…98%Market socialismCombines worker or public ownership of firms with markets and competition.97%

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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: Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.