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Taneti Maamau

President of Kiribati, 2016 to present

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Switched Kiribati’s recognition from Taiwan to China in 2019 and has pursued plans to raise the low-lying islands against rising seas.

Taneti Maamau sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are leaning authoritarian on liberty and authority, leaning traditional on culture and leaning religious on religion. The profile is close to the middle on war and peace.

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Where Taneti Maamau 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 state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceCentered on war and peace
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Taneti Maamau

CommunitarianismStresses community bonds, shared values and civic duty over pure individualism.98%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…97%Green conservatismSees protecting land, beauty and heritage as conservative values.97%CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…97%

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