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José María Aznar

Prime Minister of Spain, 1996 to 2004

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Governed Spain with tax cuts, privatizations and a hard line on ETA, and backed the 2003 invasion of Iraq, which proved deeply unpopular at home.

José María Aznar sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly interventionist on interventionism, strongly institutional on institutions and strongly free market on economy.

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Where José María Aznar 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 free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to José María Aznar

NeoconservatismPairs free markets and traditional values with an assertive, democracy-promoting foreign…99%Hawkish realismSees the world as a contest between states, where military strength and alliances secure…97%Liberal conservatismCombines free markets and limited government with respect for institutions, tradition…97%Thatcherism and ReaganismFree-market economics, tax cuts, deregulation and a firm stance toward the Soviet Union.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: Xavier Lejeune, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.