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Matthew Wale

Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands, 2026 to present

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A long-time opposition leader and anti-corruption campaigner who became prime minister in 2026 after years of criticizing his predecessors’ deals with China.

Matthew Wale sits in the near the center part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: centered on economy and centered on liberty and authority. The clearest positions are strongly religious on religion, leaning traditional on culture and leaning nature-first on environment. The profile is close to the middle on economy, liberty and authority and war and peace.

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Where Matthew Wale 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 authorityCentered on liberty and authority
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly 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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People furthest from Matthew Wale

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Political views closest to Matthew Wale

CommunitarianismStresses community bonds, shared values and civic duty over pure individualism.99%Christian democracyBlends Christian social teaching, a social market economy and European cooperation.98%Green conservatismSees protecting land, beauty and heritage as conservative values.98%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…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: Cabinet Public Relations Office of the Cabinet Secretariat, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.