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Sebastián Piñera

President of Chile, 2010 to 2014 and 2018 to 2022

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A billionaire businessman who led Chile’s center-right, oversaw the 2010 rescue of 33 trapped miners and faced mass protests in 2019. He died in 2024.

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

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Where Sebastián Piñera 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.

💰EconomyStrongly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Sebastián Piñera

Mauricio Macri President of Argentina, 2015 to 201999%Alberto Núñez Feijóo Leader of Spain’s People’s Party, 2022 to present99%Luís Montenegro Prime Minister of Portugal, 2024 to present99%Kyriakos Mitsotakis Prime Minister of Greece, 2019 to present99%Ludwig Erhard Chancellor of West Germany, 1963 to 196699%Mariano Rajoy Prime Minister of Spain, 2011 to 201899%Luc Frieden Prime Minister of Luxembourg, 2023 to present99%Andrej Plenković Prime Minister of Croatia, 2016 to present99%

People furthest from Sebastián Piñera

Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 19408%Murray Bookchin American social theorist, 1921 to 200611%Peter Kropotkin Russian anarchist and naturalist, 1842 to 192113%John Lennon British musician and peace activist, 1940 to 198013%

Political views closest to Sebastián Piñera

Liberal conservatismCombines free markets and limited government with respect for institutions, tradition…99%Fiscal conservatismPrioritizes low taxes, balanced budgets and limited public debt.99%OrdoliberalismFavors competitive markets protected by firm rules and a strong state, the basis of…98%Realism in foreign policySees international politics as a contest of power and interests in which states act to…96%

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