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Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh

President of Mongolia, 2021 to present

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A former prime minister elected president in 2021, who balances Mongolia’s ties with its neighbors Russia and China and with the West while promoting mining reform.

Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly nationalist on nation, leaning traditional on culture and leaning institutional on institutions. The profile is close to the middle on war and peace.

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Where Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh 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 authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceCentered on war and peace
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh

CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…98%Confucian meritocracyPrefers rule by educated, moral officials chosen by merit over competitive elections.97%Realism in foreign policySees international politics as a contest of power and interests in which states act to…97%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…97%

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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: Монгол Улсын Ерөнхийлөгчийн Тамгийн газар, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.