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Václav Klaus

President of the Czech Republic, 2003 to 2013

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A free-market economist who privatized the Czech economy as prime minister, then as president became a prominent Euroskeptic and doubter of climate policy.

Václav Klaus sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly free market on economy, strongly growth-first on environment and strongly nationalist on nation. The profile is close to the middle on religion.

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Where Václav Klaus 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.

💰EconomyStrongly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionCentered on religion
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Václav Klaus

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Political views closest to Václav Klaus

Thatcherism and ReaganismFree-market economics, tax cuts, deregulation and a firm stance toward the Soviet Union.92%SovereigntismInsists that national institutions, not international bodies, should have the final say.90%FusionismBlends free-market and small-government ideas with traditional social values and a…88%Economic nationalismUses tariffs, subsidies and industrial policy to protect and grow domestic industry.86%

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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: Jindřich Nosek (NoJin), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.