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Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo

President of Equatorial Guinea, 1979 to present

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Took power in a 1979 coup against his uncle and has ruled oil-rich Equatorial Guinea ever since, one of the world’s longest-serving leaders, with a record of repression and corruption.

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led 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 technology and interventionism.

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Where Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo 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 state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyCentered on technology
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo

CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…97%MonarchismSupports a hereditary monarch as head of state, from ceremonial constitutional monarchy…95%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…94%Social conservatismDefends the traditional family, religion and moral norms in law and society.94%

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