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Mohamed Muizzu

President of the Maldives, 2023 to present

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An engineer and former mayor of Malé who won on an “India Out” platform, then tilted the Maldives toward China and Turkey while tightening control over media and courts.

Mohamed Muizzu sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly religious on religion, strongly traditional on culture and strongly nationalist on nation. The profile is close to the middle on environment.

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Where Mohamed Muizzu 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 authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Mohamed Muizzu

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Political views closest to Mohamed Muizzu

National conservatismPrioritizes national sovereignty, cultural identity, tradition and firm borders.98%Social conservatismDefends the traditional family, religion and moral norms in law and society.97%Post-liberalismArgues that liberalism has eroded community, family and shared purpose, and looks to…96%IslamismA broad family of movements that seek to organize politics and law around Islam, from…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: The President's Office, Maldives, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.