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Maia Sandu

President of Moldova, 2020 to present

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A former World Bank economist who founded the pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity and has steered Moldova toward EU membership.

Maia Sandu sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and centered on liberty and authority. The clearest positions are leaning institutional on institutions, leaning globalist on nation and leaning tech-optimist on technology. The profile is close to the middle on liberty and authority and religion.

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Where Maia Sandu 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 free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityCentered on liberty and authority
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionCentered on religion
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Maia Sandu

Matteo Renzi Prime Minister of Italy, 2014 to 201699%Gerhard Schröder Chancellor of Germany, 1998 to 200599%Bob Hawke Prime Minister of Australia, 1983 to 199199%Malcolm Turnbull Prime Minister of Australia, 2015 to 201899%Christine Lagarde President of the European Central Bank, 2019 to present99%Larry Summers American economist and former US Treasury Secretary99%Mario Draghi Prime Minister of Italy, 2021 to 202299%Valéry Giscard d’Estaing President of France, 1974 to 198199%

People furthest from Maia Sandu

Adolf Hitler Chancellor and Führer of Germany, 1933 to 194523%Benito Mussolini Prime Minister of Italy, 1922 to 194323%Jair Bolsonaro President of Brazil, 2019 to 202225%Vladimir Putin President of Russia, 2000 to present (with a term as prime minister)26%

Political views closest to Maia Sandu

Third Way centrismCombines market economics with moderate social policy and pragmatic problem solving.99%Social market economyKeeps markets competitive but backs them with rules, social insurance and partnership…99%European federalismWants Europe's states to pool sovereignty into a shared democratic federation.98%Eco-modernismArgues that technology such as nuclear power, intensive farming and urbanization can…97%

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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: European Parliament, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.