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Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Emir of Kuwait, 2023 to present

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A former security chief who became emir at 83 and in 2024 suspended parliament for up to four years, ending the Gulf’s most active elected legislature.

Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah 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 religious on religion. The profile is close to the middle on interventionism.

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Where Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah 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
🌱EnvironmentSlightly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…99%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…98%MonarchismSupports a hereditary monarch as head of state, from ceremonial constitutional monarchy…98%Social conservatismDefends the traditional family, religion and moral norms in law and society.97%

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