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Shavkat Mirziyoyev

President of Uzbekistan, 2016 to present

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Succeeded Islam Karimov and opened Uzbekistan’s economy and foreign relations while keeping tight political control.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev 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, leaning traditional on culture and leaning nationalist on nation.

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Where Shavkat Mirziyoyev 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
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Shavkat Mirziyoyev

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Political views closest to Shavkat Mirziyoyev

Confucian meritocracyPrefers rule by educated, moral officials chosen by merit over competitive elections.97%CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…97%State capitalismUses a strong state to steer a market economy toward rapid growth, often limiting…95%Realism in foreign policySees international politics as a contest of power and interests in which states act to…95%

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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: Press Service of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.