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Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Founder of Pakistan, 1947 to 1948

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A lawyer who led the Muslim League and became Pakistan's first governor-general after the 1947 partition.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are leaning nationalist on nation, leaning traditional on culture and leaning institutional on institutions. The profile is close to the middle on environment.

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Where Muhammad Ali Jinnah 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 free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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…99%Liberal conservatismCombines free markets and limited government with respect for institutions, tradition…98%Realism in foreign policySees international politics as a contest of power and interests in which states act to…97%

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