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Peter Mutharika

President of Malawi, 2014 to 2020 and 2025 to present

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A law professor and brother of a former president who returned to power at 85 by defeating incumbent Lazarus Chakwera in the 2025 election.

Peter Mutharika sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly traditional on culture, leaning religious on religion and leaning institutional on institutions. The profile is close to the middle on environment, technology and war and peace.

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Where Peter Mutharika 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
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyCentered on technology
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceCentered on war and peace
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Peter Mutharika

One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…99%Christian democracyBlends Christian social teaching, a social market economy and European cooperation.99%Social conservatismDefends the traditional family, religion and moral norms in law and society.98%CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…98%

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