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Rishi Sunak

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 2022 to 2024

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A former banker and chancellor who became Britain’s first prime minister of Asian descent, stressing fiscal discipline and curbing illegal migration.

Rishi Sunak sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are leaning free market on economy, leaning tech-optimist on technology and leaning institutional on institutions.

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Where Rishi Sunak 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.

💰EconomyLeaning free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Rishi Sunak

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People furthest from Rishi Sunak

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Political views closest to Rishi Sunak

Liberal conservatismCombines free markets and limited government with respect for institutions, tradition…99%NeoconservatismPairs free markets and traditional values with an assertive, democracy-promoting foreign…98%Realism in foreign policySees international politics as a contest of power and interests in which states act to…97%Hawkish realismSees the world as a contest between states, where military strength and alliances secure…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: Prime Minister's Office, OGL 3, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.