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Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt

Prime Minister of Samoa, 2025 to present

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A businessman and former speaker who founded the FAST party, whose name means “faith in the one God, Samoa”, and won the 2025 election on a promise of change.

Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: centered on economy and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly religious on religion, strongly traditional on culture and leaning nature-first on environment. The profile is close to the middle on economy and war and peace.

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Where Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt 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.

💰EconomyCentered on economy
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceCentered on war and peace
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt

Green conservatismSees protecting land, beauty and heritage as conservative values.98%Christian democracyBlends Christian social teaching, a social market economy and European cooperation.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.97%

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