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Shehbaz Sharif

Prime Minister of Pakistan, 2022 to 2023 and 2024 to present

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Leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and a former chief minister of Punjab, known for large infrastructure projects and for leading coalition governments through economic crisis and tensions with India.

Shehbaz Sharif sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly religious on religion, leaning traditional on culture and leaning tech-optimist on technology. The profile is close to the middle on environment.

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Where Shehbaz Sharif 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 authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Shehbaz Sharif

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Prime Minister of India, 1996 and 1998 to 200499%Kamla Persad-Bissessar Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, 2010 to 2015 and 2025 to present99%Muhammad Ali Jinnah Founder of Pakistan, 1947 to 194899%Luis Abinader President of the Dominican Republic, 2020 to present99%Anwar Sadat President of Egypt, 1970 to 198199%Mohammed VI of Morocco King of Morocco, 1999 to present99%Santiago Peña President of Paraguay, 2023 to present99%Ali al-Zaidi Prime Minister of Iraq, 2026 to present99%

People furthest from Shehbaz Sharif

Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 19404%Murray Bookchin American social theorist, 1921 to 20066%John Lennon British musician and peace activist, 1940 to 19806%Peter Kropotkin Russian anarchist and naturalist, 1842 to 19217%

Political views closest to Shehbaz Sharif

Liberal conservatismCombines free markets and limited government with respect for institutions, tradition…98%CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…98%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…98%Confucian meritocracyPrefers rule by educated, moral officials chosen by merit over competitive elections.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: Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.