Portrait of Mohammed bin Salman
Other · Leader · Active today

Mohammed bin Salman

Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, 2017 to present

See how Saudi Arabia compares →

Launched Vision 2030 to diversify the oil economy and eased some social rules, including letting women drive, while jailing critics. US intelligence concluded he approved the operation that led to the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which he denies.

Mohammed bin Salman 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 tech-optimist on technology and strongly nationalist on nation.

Read more about Mohammed bin Salman on Wikipedia →

Where Mohammed bin Salman 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
🎭CultureSlightly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Mohammed bin Salman

Emperor Meiji Emperor of Japan, 1867 to 191298%Abdel Fattah el-Sisi President of Egypt, 2014 to present98%Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan President of the United Arab Emirates, 2022 to present97%Charles de Gaulle President of France, 1959 to 196997%Haile Selassie Emperor of Ethiopia, 1930 to 197497%Catherine the Great Empress of Russia, 1762 to 179697%Augustus First Roman Emperor, 27 BCE to 14 CE97%Park Chung-hee President of South Korea, 1961 to 197997%

People furthest from Mohammed bin Salman

Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 19402%Leo Tolstoy Russian novelist and moral thinker, 1828 to 19102%Murray Bookchin American social theorist, 1921 to 20062%John Lennon British musician and peace activist, 1940 to 19803%

Political views closest to Mohammed bin Salman

GaullismA French tradition of national independence, a strong presidency and a leading role for…97%MilitarismTreats military strength and martial values as central to national life.96%BonapartismAuthoritarian rule by a popular leader who claims to embody the nation, with plebiscites…94%CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…93%

Read more about Mohammed bin Salman

These links open book searches on Amazon. If you buy through them, Caucus earns a small commission at no extra cost to you. They have no influence on where anyone is placed on the map.

Biographies of Mohammed bin SalmanBooks on gaullism

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: وكالة الأنباء السعودية, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.