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Tshering Tobgay

Prime Minister of Bhutan, 2013 to 2018 and 2024 to present

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Leader of a country that measures success by “Gross National Happiness,” he returned as prime minister in 2024 focused on jobs, the economy and Bhutan’s carbon-negative status.

Tshering Tobgay sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly nature-first on environment, strongly institutional on institutions and leaning traditional on culture.

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Where Tshering Tobgay 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 authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Tshering Tobgay

Leon Trotsky Soviet revolutionary and founder of the Red Army8%Vladimir Lenin Head of the Soviet government, 1917 to 192411%Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 194011%Ayn Rand Russian-American novelist and philosopher, 1905 to 198211%

Political views closest to Tshering Tobgay

Green conservatismSees protecting land, beauty and heritage as conservative values.96%Christian democracyBlends Christian social teaching, a social market economy and European cooperation.90%Confucian meritocracyPrefers rule by educated, moral officials chosen by merit over competitive elections.90%CommunitarianismStresses community bonds, shared values and civic duty over pure individualism.90%

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