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Mahamat Déby

President of Chad, 2021 to present

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A general who took power after his father Idriss Déby was killed in 2021 and was confirmed by a contested 2024 election, while balancing between France, Russia and the Gulf states.

Mahamat Déby sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority, strongly traditional on culture and strongly strength-first on war and peace. The profile is close to the middle on environment and technology.

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Where Mahamat Déby 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.

💰EconomySlightly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyCentered on technology
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Mahamat Déby

One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…96%CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…96%MonarchismSupports a hereditary monarch as head of state, from ceremonial constitutional monarchy…96%Social conservatismDefends the traditional family, religion and moral norms in law and society.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: United States Department of State Africa U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit: Photos and Videos, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.