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Samia Suluhu Hassan

President of Tanzania, 2021 to present

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Tanzania’s first woman president took over after John Magufuli’s death in 2021, at first easing restrictions on the press and opposition, and later faced criticism over the deadly unrest around the 2025 election.

Samia Suluhu Hassan sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority, strongly traditional on culture and leaning nationalist on nation. The profile is close to the middle on environment.

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Where Samia Suluhu Hassan 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 authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly 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 Samia Suluhu Hassan

CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…99%Confucian meritocracyPrefers rule by educated, moral officials chosen by merit over competitive elections.99%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…98%MonarchismSupports a hereditary monarch as head of state, from ceremonial constitutional monarchy…97%

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