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Mario Draghi

Prime Minister of Italy, 2021 to 2022

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The former European Central Bank president who promised to do “whatever it takes” to save the euro in 2012, then led Italy’s national-unity government.

Mario Draghi sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and centered on liberty and authority. The clearest positions are strongly 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 war and peace.

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Where Mario Draghi 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 authorityCentered on liberty and authority
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceCentered on war and peace
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Mario Draghi

Christine Lagarde President of the European Central Bank, 2019 to present99%Valéry Giscard d’Estaing President of France, 1974 to 198199%Fareed Zakaria Indian-American journalist99%Ben Bernanke American economist and former Federal Reserve chairman99%Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany, 2005 to 202199%Brian Mulroney Prime Minister of Canada, 1984 to 199399%Larry Summers American economist and former US Treasury Secretary99%Fernando Henrique Cardoso President of Brazil, 1995 to 200399%

People furthest from Mario Draghi

Jair Bolsonaro President of Brazil, 2019 to 202215%Adolf Hitler Chancellor and Führer of Germany, 1933 to 194516%Benito Mussolini Prime Minister of Italy, 1922 to 194316%Donald Trump US President, 2017 to 2021 and 2025 to present17%

Political views closest to Mario Draghi

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%Liberal internationalismBacks a rules-based world order of alliances, trade and institutions to keep the peace.98%European federalismWants Europe's states to pool sovereignty into a shared democratic federation.98%

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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 Union, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.