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Kenneth Kaunda

President of Zambia, 1964 to 1991

Led Zambia to independence, backed liberation movements in southern Africa and ruled a one-party state for years before losing the country’s first multiparty election.

Kenneth Kaunda sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly religious on religion, leaning state-led on economy and leaning authoritarian on liberty and authority. The profile is close to the middle on technology.

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Where Kenneth Kaunda 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 authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyCentered on technology
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Kenneth Kaunda

CommunitarianismStresses community bonds, shared values and civic duty over pure individualism.97%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…96%Christian democracyBlends Christian social teaching, a social market economy and European cooperation.96%Pan-AfricanismSeeks solidarity and unity among African peoples and states.95%

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