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Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, 2010 to 2015 and 2025 to present

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The country’s first woman prime minister returned to office in 2025 promising to fight violent crime and revive the economy.

Kamla Persad-Bissessar sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are leaning traditional on culture, leaning institutional on institutions and leaning authoritarian on liberty and authority.

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Where Kamla Persad-Bissessar 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 free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Shehbaz Sharif Prime Minister of Pakistan, 2022 to 2023 and 2024 to present99%Muhammad Ali Jinnah Founder of Pakistan, 1947 to 194899%Atal Bihari Vajpayee Prime Minister of India, 1996 and 1998 to 200499%João Lourenço President of Angola, 2017 to present99%Friedrich Merz Chancellor of Germany, 2025 to present99%Andrej Plenković Prime Minister of Croatia, 2016 to present99%Ali al-Zaidi Prime Minister of Iraq, 2026 to present99%Ibn Khaldun North African historian and sociologist, 1332 to 140699%

People furthest from Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 19405%Murray Bookchin American social theorist, 1921 to 20067%John Lennon British musician and peace activist, 1940 to 19808%Peter Kropotkin Russian anarchist and naturalist, 1842 to 19219%

Political views closest to Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Liberal conservatismCombines free markets and limited government with respect for institutions, tradition…99%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…99%CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…98%Confucian meritocracyPrefers rule by educated, moral officials chosen by merit over competitive elections.96%

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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: Prime Minister's Office, GODL-India, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.